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Title

  • Main Title The Function-Altering Effects of Contingency-Specifying Stimuli

Creator

  • Author: Ford, Victoria L.
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Chair: Glenn, Sigrid S., 1939-
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Major Professor
  • Committee Member: Greenspoon, Joel
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Committee Member: Hyten, Cloyd
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Committee Member: Ellis, Janet
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: University of North Texas
    Place of Publication: Denton, Texas

Date

  • Creation: 1992-08

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Three children between the ages of 3 and 3 1/2 were asked to choose a colored object from an array of 5 colors in a baseline condition. After color preferences were established, stickers, small toys and praise were made contingent on choosing the least preferred color. After the first experimental condition resulted in consistent choosing of the least preferred color, a second experimental condition was implemented. At the beginning of each session a contingency-specifying stimulus (CSS) was presented, each CSS specifying a different color to be selected. Both contingency-shaping and CSS presentation resulted in stimulus control over responding. However, CSS presentation resulted in immediate redistributions of behavioral units across CSS sessions.
  • Physical Description: v, 26 leaves : ill.

Subject

  • Keyword: contingency-specifying stimuli
  • Keyword: contingency-shaping
  • Keyword: stimulus control over responding
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Operant behavior.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Reinforcement (Psychology)

Collection

  • Name: UNT Theses and Dissertations
    Code: UNTETD

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries
    Code: UNT

Rights

  • Rights Access: public
  • Rights Holder: Ford, Victoria L.
  • Rights License: copyright
  • Rights Statement: Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Resource Type

  • Thesis or Dissertation

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Call Number: 379 N81 no.6823
  • UNT Catalog No.: b1696493
  • OCLC: 28445521
  • Accession or Local Control No: 1002778475-Ford
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc500783

Degree

  • Degree Level: Master's
  • Academic Department: Center for Behavior Analysis
  • Degree Discipline: Behavior Analysis
  • Degree Name: Master of Science
  • Degree Publication Type: thesi
  • Degree Grantor: University of North Texas

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