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Peer reviewedElliott, Luke S.; Johnson, John T. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1971
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation, Responses
Moseley, Ann; And Others – Amer J Ment Deficiency, 1970
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation, Responses
Download full textSemmel, Melvyn I. – 1968
At the George Peabody College for Teachers, Nashville, Tennessee, 50 male students responded to a questionnaire concerning their reactions to individuals having mental or physical disabilities, to persons of another race, and to gifted persons. The 20 questions (scale items) focused on association with 12 types of "disabled" persons (disability…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Theories, Higher Education, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedLinford, Anthony G.; Duthie, James Hunter – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1970
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Theories, Behavioral Science Research, Conditioning
Peer reviewedHastings, Richard P.; Remington, Bob – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1994
This article reviews literature on the responses of direct care staff to challenging behaviors of individuals with mental retardation. The paper constructs a behavior analytic description of the functions of care staff behavior in relation to their clients' challenging behaviors, draws a distinction between contingency-shaped and rule-governed…
Descriptors: Attendants, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Behavioral Science Research
Peer reviewedThurman, S. Kenneth – Education, 1976
The article suggests that retarded behavior is maintained by certain events in the environment and their relationship to an individual's behavior. Maintenance of these behaviors is attributed to positive reinforcement, avoidance behavior, and contingency schedules. Several examples of the maintenance effects of each of these paradigms are given.…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Conditioning, Contingency Management
Peer reviewedCleland, Charles C.; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1976
Disruptive behaviors were examined in regard to time-of-the-day and day-of-the-week occurance with 67 adult male profoundly mentally retarded special school residents. (Author/IM)
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Institutionalized Persons
Peer reviewedHusted, John R.; And Others – Journal of Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Autism, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns
Peer reviewedBurland, R. – British Journal of Disorders of Communication, 1971
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Ability, Mental Retardation, Nonverbal Communication
Forehand, Rex; Baumeister, Alfred A. – Amer J Ment Deficiency, 1970
Descriptors: Auditory Stimuli, Behavior Patterns, Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedNevin, John A. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1996
Reviews laboratory research on behavioral momentum conducted with pigeons and summarizes its findings and their generality to people, including those with mental retardation. Discusses the high-probability procedure used to establish compliance in clinical settings and based in part on an extension of the momentum metaphor. (CR)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Behavior Theories
Schoenfeld, Lawrence S. – Percept Mot Skills, 1970
Descriptors: Attention Span, Auditory Stimuli, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research
Peer reviewedWilson, Christine S.; And Others – Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1995
Examination of staff responses to problem behaviors in three community-based group homes found that staff tended to rely heavily on verbal approaches to address problem behavior of people with intellectual disability, using other strategies only when the initial response failed. Findings suggest that staff behavior is negatively reinforced by the…
Descriptors: Adults, Attendants, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification
PETERSON, ROBERT F. – 1967
BAER, PETERSON, AND SHERMAN HAVE ATTEMPTED TO BUILD A GENERALIZED RESPONSE SYSTEM (GRS) IN THE FORM OF IMITATIVE BEHAVIORS (IB) IN THREE SEVERELY RETARDED CHILDREN (S'S). IN THE FIRST PHASE OF THE STUDY, 130 IMITATIVE RESPONSES WERE TAUGHT BY IMMEDIATE, INDIVIDUAL REINFORCEMENT. THE S'S ALSO PERFORMED RESPONSES WHICH WERE NEVER REINFORCED. BY…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Theories, Behavioral Science Research, Child Psychology
Peer reviewedFrankel, Fred; Graham, Vicki – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1976
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Attention, Autism, Behavior Change
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