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The Effects of Providing Access to Stimuli Following Choice Making During Vocal Preference Assessments

Year: 2006

Type: article

Abstract: Two variations of a vocal paired-stimulus preference assessment were evaluated to determine whether the verbal reports of preference, given by individuals with developmental disabilities when no access to the activity was given, matched their verbal reports when access to the activity was given contingent on their choice. The results indicated different outcomes between the two methods for 6 of the 7 participants. Subsequent reinforcer assessments, conducted for 2 participants, showed that activities identified in the preference assessments that provided access contingent on selection resulted in more responding than did activities identified in the preference assessment that did not include access to items following their selection.

Source: Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2006.56-05

Authors: Jennifer L. Tessing, Deborah A. Napolitano, David B. McAdam, Anthony DiCesare, Saul Axelrod

Institutions: University of Rochester Medicine, University of Rochester, Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center, Temple University

Language: English

Topic: Behavioral and Psychological Studies

Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2064638410

FWCI: 0.472

Cites: 8

Cited by: 28

Related to: 10