Identifying possible contingencies during descriptive analyses of severe behavior disorders

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dc.contributor.authorVollmer, Timothy R.
dc.contributor.authorBorrero, John C.
dc.contributor.authorWright, Carrie S.
dc.contributor.authorCamp, Carole Van
dc.contributor.authorLalli, Joseph S.
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-15T17:31:53Z
dc.date.available2020-04-15T17:31:53Z
dc.date.issued2001-08
dc.description.abstractContingencies of reinforcement involve, in part, relations between behavior and subsequent environmental events. In this study we observed 11 individuals with developmental disabilities and severe behavior problems while they interacted with their primary care providers in simulated environments (hospital therapy rooms). We compared the probability of obtaining attention, escape from instructional demands, or access to materials following instances of problem behavior with the background probability of those events. However, the focus of our analysis was the evaluation of comparative probabilities ("contingency values") in the context of relevant establishing operations such as diverted attention, instructional demands, and restricted access to materials. Results showed that the method was useful in identifying relations between behavior and subsequent environmental events. Implications for linking descriptive and functional analyses are discussed, and difficulties in identifying naturally occurring contingencies are considered.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1284322/en_US
dc.format.extent19 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articlesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2yztb-4bkg
dc.identifier.citationVollmer, Timothy R.; Borrero, John C.; Wright, Carrie S.; Camp, Carole Van; Lalli, Joseph S.; Identifying possible contingencies during descriptive analyses of severe behavior disorders; Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis 34(3): 269–287 (2001); https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1284322/en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1901%2Fjaba.2001.34-269
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/18058
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherWiley Online Libraryen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Psychology Department Collection
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dc.subjectdevelopmental disabilitiesen_US
dc.subjectdescriptive analysisen_US
dc.subjectsevere behavior disordersen_US
dc.subjectcontingencyen_US
dc.titleIdentifying possible contingencies during descriptive analyses of severe behavior disordersen_US
dc.typeTexten_US

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