Stimulus characteristics within directives: effects on accuracy of task completion

David M Richman; David P Wacker; Linda J Cooper-Brown; K Kayser; Kimberly Crosland; Tracy J Stephens; Jennifer Asmus

doi:10.1901/jaba.2001.34-289

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Stimulus characteristics within directives: effects on accuracy of task completion

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Stimulus characteristics within directives: effects on accuracy of task completion

David M Richman, David P Wacker, Linda J Cooper-Brown, K Kayser, Kimberly Crosland, Tracy J Stephens and Jennifer Asmus

Journal of applied behavior analysis, Vol.34(3), pp.289-312

2001

DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2001.34-289

PMCID: PMC1284323

PMID: 11678525

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Abstract

Three experiments were conducted in an outpatient setting with young children who had been referred for treatment of noncompliant behavior and who had coexisting receptive language or receptive vocabulary difficulties. Experiment 1 studied differential responding of the participants to a brief hierarchical directive analysis (least-to-most complex stimulus prompts) to identify directives that functioned as discriminative stimuli for accurate responding. Experiment 1 identified distinct patterns of accurate responding relative to manipulation of directive stimulus characteristics. Experiment 2 demonstrated that directives identified as effective or ineffective in obtaining stimulus control of accurate responding during Experiment 1 continued to control accurate responding across play activities and academic tasks. Experiment 3 probed effects of the interaction between the type of directive (effective vs. ineffective) and the reinforcement contingency (differential reinforcement for attempts vs. differential reinforcement for accurate responses) on accurate task completion and disruptive behavior. Results suggested that behavioral escalation from inaccurate responding to disruptive behavior occurred only when ineffective directives were combined with differential reinforcement for accurate task completion. The overall results are discussed in terms of developing a methodology for identifying stimulus characteristics of directives that affect accurate responding.

Severity of Illness Index

Vocabulary

Language Disorders - diagnosis

Play and Playthings

Humans

Reinforcement (Psychology)

Child, Preschool

Male

Cognition

Language Disorders - complications

Dyslexia - complications

Child Behavior Disorders - therapy

Educational Measurement

Female

Child Behavior Disorders - complications

Child

Dyslexia - diagnosis

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Title: Subtitle: Stimulus characteristics within directives: effects on accuracy of task completion
Creators: David M Richman - College of Education, The University of Iowa, USA
David P Wacker
Linda J Cooper-Brown
K Kayser
Kimberly Crosland
Tracy J Stephens
Jennifer Asmus
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of applied behavior analysis, Vol.34(3), pp.289-312
Publisher: United States
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2001.34-289
PMID: 11678525
PMCID: PMC1284323
ISSN: 0021-8855
eISSN: 1938-3703
Language: English
Date published: 2001
Academic Unit: Pediatric Psychology; Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
Record Identifier: 9983993200802771

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