@article{ref1,
title="On the reinforcing effects of the content of verbal attention",
journal="Journal of applied behavior analysis",
year="1996",
author="Fisher, W. W. and Ninness, H. A. and Piazza, C. C. and Owen-DeSchryver, J. S.",
volume="29",
number="2",
pages="235-238",
abstract="During a functional analysis, a boy with autism and oppositional defiant disorder displayed destructive behavior that was maintained by attention in the form of verbal reprimands (e.g., &quot;Don't hit me&quot;). In a second analysis, contingent verbal reprimands produced higher rates of the behavior than contingent statements that were unrelated to the target response (e.g., &quot;It is sunny today&quot;), suggesting that some forms of attention were more reinforcing than others. A treatment based on these analyses reduced the behavior to near-zero levels.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0021-8855",
doi="10.1901/jaba.1996.29-235",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1901/jaba.1996.29-235"
}