Fisher, W. W., O'Connor, J. T., Kurtz, P. F., DeLeon, I. G., & Gotjen, D. L. (2000).
The effects of noncontingent delivery of high- and low-preference stimuli on attention-maintained destructive behavior.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis,
33, 79-83.
An adolescent with severe mental retardation and cerebral palsy
who displayed attention-maintained destructive behavior was
exposed to noncontingent reinforcer delivery (NCR) with either a
high-preference or a low-preference stimulus while reinforcement
for destructive behavior with attention remained in effect (i.e.,
NCR without extinction). NCR without extinction was effective
only when the high-preference stimulus was available, suggesting
that systematic assessment of stimulus quality may enhance the
effectiveness of NCR with alternative stimuli.
DESCRIPTORS: _functional analysis, behavioral assessment,
developmental disabilities, noncontingent reinforcement