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Direct linkBouxsein, Kelly J.; Tiger, Jeffrey H.; Fisher, Wayne W. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2008
Previous research has suggested that the topography of instructions (general vs. specific) may influence the likelihood that young children comply with instructions. The purpose of the current study was to compare the rates of task completion of a young man diagnosed with Asperger syndrome when provided with general and specific instructions…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Time on Task, Late Adolescents, Asperger Syndrome
Tiger, Jeffrey H.; Bouxsein, Kelly J.; Fisher, Wayne W. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2007
Fjellstedt and Sulzer-Azaroff (1973) used differential reinforcement of short latencies to decrease a child's latency to comply with instructions. We replicated this contingency with a young man diagnosed with Asperger syndrome across two tasks (question answering and math problem solving). We added a differential reinforcement contingency to…
Descriptors: Asperger Syndrome, Reinforcement, Problem Solving, Reaction Time
