An Experimental Analysis of Preference Problems in a Self-Control Choice Procedure by Adults with Mental Retardation
Description:
The original purpose of this study was to determine if Tegretol has an effect on the impulsive behavior exhibited by people with mental retardation. This was to be accomplished through a replication of the self-control choice procedures used by Ragotzy, Blakely, and Poling (1988). The procedure involved three stages. First, subjects chose between stimuli that provided either one or three edibles. Then the stimuli associated with the smaller and larger edibles were reversed. Following this, the …
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Date:
December 1993
Creator:
Koppekin, Amy L. (Amy Lynn)
Partner:
UNT Libraries