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Heather J. Forbes – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who have limited spoken communication skills are commonly taught to mand by exchanging picture symbols. Competent manding via symbol exchange relies on conditional discrimination--that is, selecting the picture symbol that corresponds to the desired reinforcer. Picture Exchange Communication System…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Children, Communication Skills, Intervention
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Lancioni, Giullo E. – Psychological Bulletin, 1980
In this article infant operant conditioning studies are grouped according to distinct procedures: free operant; discrete trial with one discriminative stimulus; discrete trial with two or more discriminative stimuli; controlled operant with two or more discriminative stimuli; and unrestricted operant with two or more discriminative stimuli.…
Descriptors: Behavior, Behavior Chaining, Behavior Change, Biological Influences