Using a stimulus correlated with reprimands to suppress automatically maintained eye poking.

Full Abstract

A functional analysis indicated that chronic eye poking exhibited by a woman with profound mental retardation persisted in the absence of social contingencies. We initiated a procedure in which a therapist delivered a punisher (mild reprimand) contingent on eye poking in the presence, but not the absence, of a neutral stimulus (wristbands). Subsequently, eye poking was suppressed when the participant wore the wristbands in novel environments without the reprimand contingency.

Author information

Author/s: McKenzie, Scott D (SD); Smith, Richard G (RG); Simmons, Jason N (JN); Soderlund, Michael J (MJ);

Affiliation: University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 76203, USA.

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 2) : pp 255-9

Dates: Created 2008/07/03; Completed 2008/10/07; Revised 2009/02/11;

PMID: 18595290, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: 18 Feb 2009 00:00:00)

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