Parametric analysis of delayed primary and conditioned reinforcers
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Leon, Yanerys; Borrero, John C.; DeLeon, Iser G.; Parametric analysis of delayed primary and conditioned reinforcers; Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis 49(3): 639–655 (2016); https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jaba.311
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We examined the effects of delayed reinforcement on the responding of individuals with intellectual disabilities. Three conditions were evaluated: (a) food reinforcement, (b) token reinforcement with a postsession exchange opportunity, and (c) token reinforcement with a posttrial exchange opportunity. Within each condition, we assessed responding given (a) a no‐reinforcement baseline, (b) immediate reinforcement, and (c) delayed reinforcement, in which responses produced a reinforcer after 1 of 6 delays. Results suggest that delayed food produced greater response persistence than did delayed tokens.