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Saturday, July 04, 2009

Naturalistic observations of elicited expressive communication of children with autism: an analysis of teacher instructions.

27 Feb 2009 This study observed expressive communication of 17 Australian and 15 Taiwanese children with autism who were mute or had limited spoken language during 2 hour regular school routines and analyzed teacher instructions associated with elicited ... Read more...

Extrinsic rewards undermine altruistic tendencies in 20-month-olds.

30 Oct 2008 The current study investigated the influence of rewards on very young children's helping behavior. After 20-month-old infants received a material reward during a treatment phase, they subsequently were less likely to engage in further helping ... Read more...

The effect of stimulus salience on over-selectivity.

25 Aug 2008 The influence of stimulus salience on over-selective responding was investigated in the context of a comparator theory of over-selectivity. In Experiments 1 and 2, participants were presented with two cards, each displaying two colors. In ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Reinforcement, Verbal'

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• Naturalistic observations of elicited expressive communication of children with autism: an analysis of teacher instructions. 27 Feb 2009
• Extrinsic rewards undermine altruistic tendencies in 20-month-olds. 30 Oct 2008
• The effect of stimulus salience on over-selectivity. 25 Aug 2008
• Voice advisory manikin versus instructor facilitated training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. 4 Aug 2008
• Instructions to "push as hard as you can" improve average chest compression depth in dispatcher-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation. 15 Jul 2008
• Truth induction in young maltreated children: the effects of oath-taking and reassurance on true and false disclosures. 30 Jun 2008
• When infants take mothers' advice: 18-month-olds integrate perceptual and social information to guide motor action. 29 Apr 2008
• Influence of verbal and nonverbal references to print on preschoolers' visual attention to print during storybook reading. 29 Apr 2008
• A controlled single-case treatment of severe long-term selective mutism in a child with mental retardation. 18 Apr 2008
• A comparison of manual guidance and knowledge of results in the learning of a weight-bearing skill. 28 Feb 2008
• A comparison of general and specific instructions to promote task engagement and completion by a young man with Asperger syndrome. 30 Dec 2007
• A practical variation of a multiple-schedule procedure: brief schedule-correlated stimuli. 30 Dec 2007
• Object categorisation, object naming, and viewpoint independence in visual remembering: evidence from young children's drawings of a novel object. 30 Dec 2007
• Using a stimulus correlated with reprimands to suppress automatically maintained eye poking. 30 Dec 2007
• Increasing activity attendance and engagement in individuals with dementia using descriptive prompts. 30 Dec 2007
• "Please listen, it's my turn": instructional approaches, curricula and contexts for supporting communication and increasing access to inclusion. 29 Nov 2007
• Using memory restructuring strategy to enhance dental behaviour. 30 Oct 2007
• Motivational interviewing: an evidence-based approach to counseling helps patients follow treatment recommendations. 29 Sep 2007
• Assisting persons with multiple disabilities to move through simple occupational activities with automatic prompting. 22 Sep 2007
• What is the most effective way to communicate results after endoscopy? 29 Jun 2007

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Technical information about 'Reinforcement, Verbal'

Definition: Use of word stimulus to strengthen a response during learning.

Descriptor UI: D012057

Alternative terms: Reinforcement, Verbal; Reinforcements, Verbal; Verbal Reinforcement; Verbal Reinforcements;

Tree Number: F02.463.425.770.769;

History Note: 69(66)

Technical Notes: no qualif