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Lambert, Joseph M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to determine whether altering parameters of positive and negative reinforcement in identical ways could influence behavior maintained by each in different ways. Three undergraduate students participated in a series of assessments designed to identify preferred and aversive sounds with similar reinforcing values.…
Descriptors: Negative Reinforcement, Positive Reinforcement, Acoustics, Undergraduate Students
Fahmie, Tara A.; Iwata, Brian A. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2011
A literature search identified 17 articles reporting data on 34 subjects who engaged in precursors to severe problem behavior, which we examined to identify topographical and functional characteristics. Unintelligible vocalization was the most common precursor to aggression (27%) and property destruction (29%), whereas self- or nondirected…
Descriptors: Positive Reinforcement, Negative Reinforcement, Behavior Problems, Identification
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Weatherly, Jeffrey N.; Miller, Joseph C.; Terrell, Heather K. – Behavior Modification, 2011
An attempt was made to modify the Gambling Functional Assessment (GFA), which was proposed to identify four possible contingencies maintaining the respondent's gambling behavior. However, previous research found that it only identified two contingencies (i.e., positive vs. negative reinforcement), with some items cross-loading on both…
Descriptors: Evidence, Undergraduate Students, Structural Equation Models, Construct Validity
Reid, Dennis H.; Parsons, Marsha B. – American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2007
The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities' (AAIDD's) Positive Behavior Support Training Curriculum," Second Edition" ("PBSTC"), is a curriculum for training direct support personnel and their supervisors in the values and practices of Positive Behavior Support. The curriculum is designed for direct support persons and…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Supervisory Training, On the Job Training, Developmental Disabilities
Woody, Robert H. – 1969
Directed primarily for classroom teachers, school counselors, and school psychologists, the book considers the psychology of behavioral problem children and ways of coping with their behavior. Aspects of recognition and diagnosis discussed are the school and the behavioral problem child, causes and characteristics of behavior problems, detection…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Behavior, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems
Mussman, M.C. – 1968
Intended to provide administrators with information valuable in planning school involvement with the emotionally disturbed the text presents suggestions to a variety of questions on this subject. Questions on the nature and importance of the problem focus on emotional disorder, its relationship to behavior and achievement, and incidence, while…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Community Responsibility, Educational Needs, Emotional Adjustment