%0 Journal Article %1 Fisher2000 %A Fisher, W. W. %A O'Connor, J. T. %A Kurtz, P. F. %A DeLeon, I. G. %A Gotjen, D. L. %D 2000 %J J Appl Behav Anal %K Adolescent; Aggression; Attention; Behavior Therapy; Cerebral Palsy; Humans; Male; Mental Retardation; Motivation; Reinforcement Schedule; Self-Injurious %N 1 %P 79--83 %R 10.1901/jaba.2000.33-79 %T The effects of noncontingent delivery of high- and low-preference stimuli on attention-maintained destructive behavior. %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1901/jaba.2000.33-79 %V 33 %X An adolescent with severe mental retardation and cerebral palsy who displayed attention-maintained destructive behavior was exposed to noncontingent reinforcer delivery (NCR) with either a high-preference or a low-preference stimulus while reinforcement for destructive behavior with attention remained in effect (i.e., NCR without extinction). NCR without extinction was effective only when the high-preference stimulus was available, suggesting that systematic assessment of stimulus quality may enhance the effectiveness of NCR with alternative stimuli.

@article{Fisher2000, abstract = {An adolescent with severe mental retardation and cerebral palsy who displayed attention-maintained destructive behavior was exposed to noncontingent reinforcer delivery (NCR) with either a high-preference or a low-preference stimulus while reinforcement for destructive behavior with attention remained in effect (i.e., NCR without extinction). NCR without extinction was effective only when the high-preference stimulus was available, suggesting that systematic assessment of stimulus quality may enhance the effectiveness of NCR with alternative stimuli.}, added-at = {2014-07-19T19:28:22.000+0200}, author = {Fisher, W. W. and O'Connor, J. T. and Kurtz, P. F. and DeLeon, I. G. and Gotjen, D. L.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2178e56c0f3f7472f8306726cc1f453ab/ar0berts}, doi = {10.1901/jaba.2000.33-79}, groups = {public}, interhash = {a1d77ba13c015c22bb36b6c1b186d38a}, intrahash = {178e56c0f3f7472f8306726cc1f453ab}, journal = {J Appl Behav Anal}, keywords = {Adolescent; Aggression; Attention; Behavior Therapy; Cerebral Palsy; Humans; Male; Mental Retardation; Motivation; Reinforcement Schedule; Self-Injurious}, number = 1, pages = {79--83}, pmid = {10738954}, timestamp = {2014-07-19T19:28:22.000+0200}, title = {The effects of noncontingent delivery of high- and low-preference stimuli on attention-maintained destructive behavior.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1901/jaba.2000.33-79}, username = {ar0berts}, volume = 33, year = 2000 }