A practical variation of a multiple-schedule procedure: brief schedule-correlated stimuli.

Full Abstract

Multiple schedules using continuous discriminative stimuli have been used to minimize children's disruptive requesting for teacher attention (e.g., colored floral leis; Tiger & Hanley, 2004; Tiger, Hanley, & Heal, 2006). The present study evaluated the effectiveness of, and children's preferences for, two multiple-schedule arrangements in which brief experimenter vocalizations served as discriminative stimuli. Results showed that brief signals were highly effective discriminative stimuli for 3 of the 4 children, and that all children preferred one or both variations of the multiple schedule to a control arrangement. For 1 child, highly discriminated responding was achieved only when continuous signals were introduced.

Author information

Author/s: Tiger, Jeffrey H (JH); Hanley, Gregory P (GP); Larsen, Kylie M (KM);

Affiliation: Department of Psychology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA. jtiger(-atsign-)lsu.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Journal of applied behavior analysis (J Appl Behav Anal), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2008-; vol 41 (issue 1) : pp 125-30

Dates: Created 2008/05/12; Completed 2008/06/05; Revised 2008/11/20;

PMID: 18468286, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: 18 Feb 2009 00:00:00)

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