Assessment of a response bias for aggression over functionally equivalent appropriate behavior

Authors
DeLeon, IG Fisher, VW Herman, KM Crosland, KC
Citation
Ig. Deleon et al., Assessment of a response bias for aggression over functionally equivalent appropriate behavior, J APPL BE A, 33(1), 2000, pp. 73-77
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS
ISSN journal
00218855 → ACNP
Volume
33
Issue
1
Year of publication
2000
Pages
73 - 77
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-8855(200021)33:1<73:AOARBF>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
We evaluated the effects of a dense (fixed-ratio 1) schedule of reinforceme nt for an 11-year-old boy's mands for toys while aggression produced the sa me toys on various schedules chosen on the basis of a progressive-ratio pro be. Based on the probe session data, we accurately predicted that aggressio n would be more probable than mands when the schedules were equal or slight ly discrepant, but that mands would be more probable when the schedule disc repancy was large.