Citation

Fisher WW, O'Connor JT, Kurtz PF, DeLeon IG, Gotjen DL. J. Appl. Behav. Anal. 2000; 33(1): 79-83.

Affiliation

Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, Wiley-Blackwell)

DOI

10.1901/jaba.2000.33-79

PMID

10738954

PMCID

PMC1284224

Abstract

An adolescent with severe mental retardation and cerebral palsy who displayed attention-maintained destructive behavior was exposed to noncontingent reinforcer delivery (NCR) with either a high-preference or a low-preference stimulus while reinforcement for destructive behavior with attention remained in effect (i.e., NCR without extinction). NCR without extinction was effective only when the high-preference stimulus was available, suggesting that systematic assessment of stimulus quality may enhance the effectiveness of NCR with alternative stimuli.

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