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Effects of Presession Attention on the Frequency of Attention‐maintained Behavior

Year: 1999

Type: article

Abstract: The effect of prior attention was systematically manipulated to study its influence on rates of yelling and head hitting, both maintained by positive reinforcement in the form of attention. Higher levels of head hitting occurred in analogue attention conditions when the person was deprived of attention (no social interactions for 1 hr) prior to the analysis in comparison to when the person received high levels of attention (attention delivered on a fixed-time 30-s schedule for 1 hr) prior to the analysis.

Source: Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

DOI: 10.1901/jaba.1999.32-371

Author: Mark F. O'Reilly

Institutions: University College Dublin, National University of Ireland

Language: English

Topic: Behavioral and Psychological Studies

Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2108647329

FWCI: 2.43

Cites: 5

Cited by: 37

Related to: 10