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Peer reviewedKonarski, Edward A., Jr. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1987
Fifteen moderately or severely retarded adults listened to music and looked at slides in baseline schedules, reinforcement schedules, and control phases with no contingent relation between responses. Individual analysis of instrumental responding indicated increases in schedules that produced response deprivation, but only once in schedules that…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Modification, Intervals, Moderate Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedSigafoos, Jeff; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1990
Two adults with severe mental retardation were assessed for correct pointing responses to line drawings of required eating utensils. Following tact intervention, mands for two of three utensils emerged. Results suggest transfer from tact variables to the conditioned establishing operation may be facilitated by cultivating a minimal mand…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Modification, Communication Skills, Generalization
