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Direct linkSt. Peter, Claire C.; Vollmer, Timothy R.; Bourret, Jason C.; Borrero, Carrie S. W.; Sloman, Kimberly N.; Rapp, John T. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2005
Prior researchers have evaluated the efficacy of using the matching law to describe naturally occurring behavior-environment interactions. However, spurious matching could be obtained if the response and environmental event were correlated, even if the event did not reinforce the response. To assess the likelihood of obtaining spurious matching…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Attention, Reinforcement
