Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis · 2010 · 33 citations · 9 references
Social SciencesBehavioral SciencesPsychologyChild DevelopmentDevelopmental PsychologyExperimental PsychologyAttention DevelopmentAttentional ControlClassical ConditioningExperimental Analysis Of BehaviorOperant ConditioningSocial AttentionEscapeSocial Attention DevelopmentSocial Attention In Development
The current study presents a method for assessing the relative effects of attention and escape on noncompliance in preschoolers. Attention and escape conditions were alternated in a multielement design, and a contingency reversal procedure, in which one test condition served as a control for the other, was used to demonstrate control. For all 3 participants, noncompliance was maintained, at least in part, by social attention. Functional analyses of noncompliance such as the one described here may be valuable for developing function-based treatments.
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