Reinforcement, Verbal (Latest Articles)

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Use of self-operated auditory prompts to decrease aberrant behaviors in students with moderate mental retardation.

30 Oct 1999 We examined the effectiveness of self-operated auditory prompts when used to decrease the off-task and aberrant behaviors of two students with moderate mental retardation. Its purpose was to determine if self-operated auditory prompts could be ...
rec_pub_10641252-use-self-operated-auditory-prompts-decrease-aberrant-behaviors.htm

Group training in communication skills for carers of adults with aphasia.

29 Jun 1999 This study describes a communication skills group programme for four carers of adults with aphasia that ran once a week for 6 consecutive weeks. The content of the group was based on an approach previously not described in the literature in any ...
rec_pub_10884903-group-training-communication-skills-carers-adults-aphasia.htm

The use of symmetrical "do" and "don't" requests to interrupt ongoing activities.

30 Dec 1998 The results of a modified functional analysis demonstrated that aggression, displayed by a 27-year-old man, was occasioned by the use of "don't" requests to interrupt the client's ongoing and often inappropriate activities (e.g., lying on the floor, ...
rec_pub_10641305-the-use-symmetrical-don-t-requests-interrupt-ongoing-activities.htm

An evaluation of the properties of attention as reinforcement for destructive and appropriate behavior.

30 Dec 1998 The analogue functional analysis described by Iwata, Dorsey, Slifer, Bauman, and Richman (1982/1994) identifies broad classes of variables (e.g., positive reinforcement) that maintain destructive behavior (Fisher, Ninness, Piazza, & Owen-DeSchryver, ...
rec_pub_10641299-an-evaluation-properties-attention-reinforcement-destructive.htm

Primary and secondary reinforcers in performance of a 1.0-mile walk/jog by adolescents with moderate mental retardation.

29 Nov 1998 Based on visual inspection of data, reinforcement procedures, namely, use of verbal praise and verbal praise plus token exchange, were at least mildly influential in improving performance of 5 youth with moderate mental retardation compared to their ...
rec_pub_10052087-primary-secondary-reinforcers-performance-1-0-mile-walk-jog.htm

Monitoring brain activity of human subjects during delayed matching to sample tasks comparing verbal and pictorial stimuli with modal and cross-modal presentation: an event related potential study employing a source reconstruction method.

9 Sep 1998 The time course of the event related potentials evoked within a delayed matching to sample task employing verbal and pictorial stimuli was analyzed with a source reconstruction method (minimum norm method). During signal stimulus presentation ...
rec_pub_9792240-monitoring-brain-activity-human-subjects-delayed-matching-sample.htm

Use of self-operated auditory prompts by workers with moderate mental retardation to transition independently through vocational tasks.

29 Jun 1998 The use of single- and multiple-word self-operated auditory prompting systems by five school-age workers with moderate mental retardation to independently transition between an ordered chain of tasks was examined in two vocational settings. The ...
rec_pub_9690279-use-self-operated-auditory-prompts-workers-moderate-mental.htm

Praise for intelligence can undermine children's motivation and performance.

29 Jun 1998 Praise for ability is commonly considered to have beneficial effects on motivation. Contrary to this popular belief, six studies demonstrated that praise for intelligence had more negative consequences for students' achievement motivation than ...
rec_pub_9686450-praise-intelligence-undermine-children-s-motivation-performance.htm

A comparison of behavioral techniques to teach functional independent-living skills to individuals with severe and profound mental retardation.

29 Jun 1998 The efficacy of two treatment approaches was compared for functional skill acquisition in individuals with severe and profound mental retardation. Participants included 22 residents from a large developmental center (Pinecrest) in central Louisiana. ...
rec_pub_9670802-a-comparison-behavioral-techniques-teach-functional-independent.htm

Direct home observations of the prompting of physical activity in sedentary and active Mexican- and Anglo-American children.

30 Jan 1998 Social interactions are important correlates of physical activity in children. Previous studies used global measures; the present study examined the influence of specific social interactions on immediate physical activity in children with data ...
rec_pub_9524302-direct-home-observations-prompting-physical-activity-sedentary-active.htm

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