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Effects of delay fading and signals on self‐control choices by children

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: The current study is a systematic replication and extension of work by Schweitzer & Sulzer-Azaroff (1988). The effects of delay fading alone and in combination with signals on choices between larger, delayed reinforcers and smaller, immediate reinforcers by four children with language deficits were examined. For one of the two children exposed to delay fading alone, larger reinforcers were selected at longer delays relative to the initial self-control assessment. For all four children, the delay-fading-plus-signal condition resulted in selection of larger reinforcers at considerably longer delays relative to the self-control assessment.

Source: Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

DOI: 10.1002/jaba.454

Authors: Julia Vessells, Jolene R. Sy, Alyssa Wilson, Leonard Green

Institutions: Saint Louis University, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Washington University in St. Louis

Language: English

Topic: Behavioral and Psychological Studies

Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2798217954

FWCI: 4.387

Cites: 11

Cited by: 22

Related to: 10