Reducing the Disparity Between Model Stimulus and Imitative Response in Two Autistic Subjects.

Woods, Thomas S.

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ERIC Number: EJ186774

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Publication Date: 1978

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Reducing the Disparity Between Model Stimulus and Imitative Response in Two Autistic Subjects

Woods, Thomas S.

B.C. Journal of Special Education, 2, 1, 49-55, Spr 78

Two autistic boys, ages 6 and 10 years, whose imitative responding was functionally inaccurate and whose performance generalized poorly, were trained to imitate accurately using a reinforcement-extinction strategy. (DLS)

Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Change, Children, Exceptional Child Research, Extinction (Psychology), Imitation, Learning Processes, Operant Conditioning, Reinforcement, Stimulus Generalization

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Language: English

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