Publications by authors named "Alan C Repp"
When teaching discriminations, many researchers and practitioners recommend presenting multiple examples of both the correct and incorrect stimuli. To test this suggestion, we compared two procedures for presenting multiple examples. In one, multiple examples across trials (ME, Across), one correct (S+) and one incorrect (S-) stimulus were presented each trial; examples then changed across trials.
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- Research indicates that individuals tend to maintain a stable level of motoric responses by substituting different behaviors when certain conditions do not allow for traditional responses.
- The study aimed to see if students would replace task-related behaviors with stereotypic or challenging behaviors based on the match of active responding opportunities.
- Four students with mental disabilities participated, and findings revealed that they exhibited significantly more challenging behaviors when active responding opportunities were not available, especially in passive tasks compared to active ones.
Three subjects were exposed to fixed-ratio schedules of reinforcement in a two-phase experiment. In the first phase, sessions were terminated after a fixed number of responses had been emitted. In the second phase, sessions were terminated after a fixed length of time (equivalent to the mean of session lengths when steady state responding occurred in Phase 1).
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