Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
References for this paper are not available at this time. We will be adding them shortly, thank you for your patience.
Physical guidance is a common treatment component to treat destructive behavior reinforced by escape from demands. Despite its demonstrated effectiveness in behavior reduction and skill acquisition programming, physical guidance may be contraindicated in some situations (e.g., touch aversion, large stature, history of physical abuse). The present study systematically evaluated the efficacy of alternative instructional strategies to teach chained tasks to four participants. A multiple opportunity probe (MOP), a single opportunity probe (SOP), and physical guidance were used to teach three equally matched arbitrary chained tasks in a multiple baseline design. Although both physical guidance and the MOP resulted in mastery, all participants mastered tasks more efficiently using the MOP and participants preferred the instructional methods without physical guidance (i.e., SOP, MOP). The MOP was then used to efficiently teach each participant three generalization tasks. Results suggest the utility of the MOP as a socially valid alternative to physical guidance.
Behavioral Development – American Psychological Association
Published: Oct 1, 2021
Read and print from thousands of top scholarly journals.
Already have an account? Log in
Bookmark this article. You can see your Bookmarks on your DeepDyve Library.
To save an article, log in first, or sign up for a DeepDyve account if you don’t already have one.
Copy and paste the desired citation format or use the link below to download a file formatted for EndNote
Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
All DeepDyve websites use cookies to improve your online experience. They were placed on your computer when you launched this website. You can change your cookie settings through your browser.