Social ephemeral vs. non-social ephemeral conditioned reinforcers

Permanent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2047/d20001177
Title:
Social ephemeral vs. non-social ephemeral conditioned reinforcers
Alternative Title:
Social vs. non-social ephemeral conditioned reinforcers
Creator:
Insalata, Michael E. (Author)
Contributor:
Gould, D. Daniel (Advisor)
Holcomb, William L. (Committee member)
Gould, Karen E. (Committee member)
Publisher:
Boston, Massachusetts : Northeastern University, 2011
Date Accepted:
July 2011
Date Awarded:
May 2012
Type of resource:
Text
Genre:
Masters theses
Format:
electronic
Digital origin:
born digital
Abstract/Description:
A preference assessment was conducted to identify highly preferred edible stimuli, followed by a reinforcer assessment to verify that the highly preferred edible stimuli functioned as reinforcers. The reinforcer assessment also evaluated the reinforcing properties of social ephemeral stimuli (verbal praise) and a non-social ephemeral stimulus (TAG). A pairing procedure was then evaluated to determine if social ephemeral and/or non-social ephemeral stimuli could be successfully conditioned as positive reinforcers. Three children diagnosed with autism participated in the study. The initial reinforcer assessment verified that neither praise nor TAG functioned as reinforcers. Results of a post-pairing reinforcer probe indicated that the pairing procedure was unsuccessful in establishing or strengthening social ephemeral and non-social ephemeral stimuli as conditioned reinforcers for two of the three participants.
Subjects and keywords:
psychology
behavioral
autism
conditioned
ephemeral
non-social
reinforcers
social
Reinforcement (Psychology)
Cognitive Psychology
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17760/d20001177
Permanent Link:
http://hdl.handle.net/2047/d20001177
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