FUNCTIONAL-ANALYSIS AND EXTINCTION OF DIFFERENT BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS EXHIBITED BY THE SAME INDIVIDUAL

Authors
RICHMAN DM WACKER DP ASMUS JM CASEY SD
Citation
Dm. Richman et al., FUNCTIONAL-ANALYSIS AND EXTINCTION OF DIFFERENT BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS EXHIBITED BY THE SAME INDIVIDUAL, Journal of applied behavior analysis, 31(3), 1998, pp. 475-478
Citations number
2
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology, Clinical
Journal title
Journal of applied behavior analysis → ACNP
ISSN journal
00218855
Volume
31
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
475 - 478
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-8855(1998)31:3<475:FAEODB>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Specific extinction procedures were matched to the function of two tar get behaviors displayed by the same individual, with results indicatin g that the marched extinction procedure suppressed the behavior for wh ich it was designed. One of the target behaviors was exposed to an irr elevant extinction procedure, which produced no beneficial effects. Th ese results support previous research indicating the need to match ext inction procedures to the function of problem behavior.