Self-reinforcement and persons with developmental disabilities.
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Title
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Self-reinforcement and persons with developmental disabilities.
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Identifier
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AAI9325113
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identifier
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9325113
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Creator
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Kaplan, Howard Abraham.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Nancy Hemmes
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Date
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1993
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Psychology, Developmental | Psychology, Experimental | Psychology, Behavioral
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Abstract
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The study attempted to dissociate the effects of self-reinforcement from those of self-monitoring on the level of on-task behavior of employees in supported work settings. The subjects were developmentally disabled men employed as cafeteria workers in two supported work enclaves. Prior to treatment, all workers required a high level of prompting to remain on task, defined as performing one of the tasks depicted in a set of photographs of each worker performing all aspects of his job. In a multiple baseline design, three workers were trained to reliably self-monitor and self-reinforce their on-task behavior every 30 minutes at the sound of a timer beep. In a second treatment phase, they self-monitored but did not self-reinforce. Response contingent praise and a reinforcement contingency for accurately self-monitoring were programmed during both treatment phases. Self-monitoring with self-reinforcement produced an increase in level of on-task behavior which decreased when self-reinforcement was discontinued. Order of treatment phases was reversed for four additional workers. For three of these workers, level of on-task behavior was higher when they self-reinforced. These results indicate that self-reinforcement exerts behavioral control beyond that attributable to self-monitoring and concomitant social reinforcement.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
