Manding for Information Maintained by Social Reinforcement: A Comparison of Prompting Procedures

Manding for Information Maintained by Social Reinforcement: A Comparison of Prompting Procedures

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Main Author: Swerdan, Matthew G.
Language:English
Published: Youngstown State University / OhioLINK 2013
Subjects:
Behavioral Psychology
Psychology
prompt comparison
mands
autism
spontaneous communication
Online Access:http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1370008891
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spelling ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-ysu13700088912021-08-03T05:24:02Z Manding for Information Maintained by Social Reinforcement: A Comparison of Prompting Procedures Swerdan, Matthew G. Behavioral Psychology Psychology prompt comparison mands autism spontaneous communication Manding for information maintained by social reinforcement (i.e., another person answering a question posed by the speaker) may help improve the social skills of individuals with autism. In the present study, an adapted alternating treatments design was implemented to compare the efficacy of echoic and textual prompts to teach three students with autism (ages 8-15) to ask questions related to a pre-selected topic of conversation (i.e., food, games, school). Participants were first required to answer questions related to the three topics to determine if accurate responses were within their repertoire. This was followed by exposure to both textual and echoic prompts with a prompt delay to ask relevant questions to the experimenter. Generalization probes were then conducted with a peer, and follow-up probes were conducted at two and three weeks following training. Results indicate echoic prompts resulted in learning with fewer trials to criterion across all participants. Limitations and implications for future studies are discussed. 2013-05-31 English text Youngstown State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1370008891 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1370008891 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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topic Behavioral Psychology
Psychology
prompt comparison
mands
autism
spontaneous communication
spellingShingle Behavioral Psychology
Psychology
prompt comparison
mands
autism
spontaneous communication
Swerdan, Matthew G.
Manding for Information Maintained by Social Reinforcement: A Comparison of Prompting Procedures
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title Manding for Information Maintained by Social Reinforcement: A Comparison of Prompting Procedures
title_short Manding for Information Maintained by Social Reinforcement: A Comparison of Prompting Procedures
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title_fullStr Manding for Information Maintained by Social Reinforcement: A Comparison of Prompting Procedures
title_full_unstemmed Manding for Information Maintained by Social Reinforcement: A Comparison of Prompting Procedures
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