Generalized imitation and response class formation in children with autism.

Title: Generalized imitation and response class formation in children with autism.
Identifier: AAI9510738
identifier: 9510738
Creator: Young, Jill Maureen.
Contributor: Adviser: Claire Poulson
Date: 1994
Language: English
Publisher: City University of New York.
Subject: Health Sciences, Occupational Health and Safety | Education, Special
Abstract: An experimental analysis of imitation was conducted to examine the influence of response topography on generalization of imitation across three response types. Four children with autism were presented with both reinforced training trials and nonreinforced probe trials of models from vocal, toy-play, and pantomime response types. The probe trials were used to examine generalization within each response types. A multiple-baseline design was used to analyze percentage of matching and non-matching responses to models across response types. This study, the first to analyze imitative response classes in children with autism showed that imitation generalized from reinforced training models to nonreinforced probe models within a response type, but it did not generalize across response types. Thus, functional response classes determined by topographical boundaries were exhibited within generalized imitation.
Type: dissertation
Source: PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
degree: Ph.D.

Media: Generalized imitation and response class formation in children with autism.