Citation

McKenzie SD, Smith RG, Simmons JN, Soderlund MJ. J. Appl. Behav. Anal. 2008; 41(2): 255-259.

Affiliation

University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 76203, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Wiley-Blackwell)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

18595290

PMCID

PMC2408343

Abstract

A functional analysis indicated that chronic eye poking exhibited by a woman with profound mental retardation persisted in the absence of social contingencies. We initiated a procedure in which a therapist delivered a punisher (mild reprimand) contingent on eye poking in the presence, but not the absence, of a neutral stimulus (wristbands). Subsequently, eye poking was suppressed when the participant wore the wristbands in novel environments without the reprimand contingency.

Language: en