@article{ref1,
title="Functional analysis and treatment of eye poking",
journal="Journal of applied behavior analysis",
year="1995",
author="Kennedy, C. H. and Souza, G.",
volume="28",
number="1",
pages="27-37",
abstract="In four studies we analyzed the eye poking of a youth with profound disabilities. In Study 1, a functional analysis showed that eye poking occurred during the no-attention condition, but not during demand, attention or recreation conditions. The analysis did not identify socially mediated variables involved in the maintenance of eye poking; rather, eye poking may have been maintained by consequences produced directly by the response. In Study 2 we had the student wear goggles to prevent potential reinforcement from finger-eye contact. The results of Study 2 indicated that eye-poking attempts were reduced when the student wore goggles. We then tested in Study 3 the effects of two alternative topographies of stimulation. Study 3 demonstrated that eye poking was reduced when a video game was provided as a competing source of visual stimulation, and that music was less effective in reducing eye poking. In Study 4, a contingency analysis using the video game was conducted in an attempt to (a) reduce the frequency of eye poking and (b) study whether the video game functioned as a reinforcer. The results of Study 4 demonstrated substantive reductions in the frequency of eye poking, and suggested that the video game served as a reinforcer.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0021-8855",
doi="10.1901/jaba.1995.28-27",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1901/jaba.1995.28-27"
}