Citation

Lang SD, Lang SD, Green DR. Educ. Treat. Child. 1979; 2(3): 185-195.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1979, West Virginia University Press)

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Abstract

Instruction with back-up reinforcers and token reinforcement were applied to the unacceptable corridor behavior of 14 pre-school children. For each child, dichotomous behavior classes were specified as either acceptable or unacceptable. A combined multiple baseline and reversal experimental design was used to compare the baseline rate of unacceptable behavior with the rate occurring under treatment. The results showed that the procedures of instruction with back-up reinforcement, and token reinforcement decreased unacceptable behavior while the instruction only procedure did not. The token reinforcement procedure substantially reduced unacceptable corridor behaviors and was the most practical of the procedures for one teacher to manage.

Language: en