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The Effects of Presession Attention on Subsequent Attention‐extinction and Alone Conditions

Year: 2007

Type: article

Abstract: We examined the effects of presession levels of attention (no attention vs. continuous attention) during subsequent alone and attention-extinction conditions for an individual with severe disabilities and problem behavior. A prior functional analysis indicated that attention was a primary maintaining variable for problem behavior. Experimental control was demonstrated using a within-subject multielement design. Results indicated that presession conditions influenced responding, with higher levels of problem behavior occurring during alone and attention-extinction conditions when preceded by the no-attention presession condition. Overall, these results seem to support descriptions of the behavior-altering effects of the motivating operation (MO). Specifically, presession access seemed to influence behavior during the alone condition in which both discriminative and reinforcing stimuli were absent, suggesting a direct effect of the MO on the behavior.

Source: Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2007.731-735

Authors: Mark O'Reilly, Chaturi Edrisinha, Jeff Sigafoos, Giulio Lancioni, Wendy Machalicek, Massimo Antonucci

Institutions: The University of Texas at Austin, St. Cloud State University, University of Tasmania, University of Bari Aldo Moro

Language: English

Topic: Behavioral and Psychological Studies

Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W1998454656

FWCI: 2.819

Cites: 10

Cited by: 26

Related to: 10