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Cipani, Ennio – Behavior Analyst Today, 2012
This paper presents the empirical basis for the phenomena known as stimulus overselectivity. Stimulus overselectivity involves responding on the basis of a restricted range of elements or features that are discriminative for reinforcement. The manner in which such a response pattern impedes the skill acquisition in children is identified. A…
Descriptors: Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Classification, Reinforcement, Feedback (Response)
Peer reviewedWoods, Thomas S. – B.C. Journal of Special Education, 1978
Two autistic boys, ages 6 and 10 years, whose imitative responding was functionally inaccurate and whose performance generalized poorly, were trained to imitate accurately using a reinforcement-extinction strategy. (DLS)
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Change, Children, Exceptional Child Research


