Magee, S. K., & Ellis, J. (2000).
Extinction effects during the assessment of multiple problem behaviors.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis,
33, 313-316.
Extinction effects were evaluated in a multiple baseline across
behaviors design with 2 boys after just one of several target
problem behaviors was observed during a functional analysis.
Other target behaviors emerged as extinction was introduced
sequentially across all problem behaviors. Results demonstrated
an efficient strategy for simultaneously assessing multiple
problem behaviors maintained by the same consequence.
DESCRIPTORS: _extinction, functional analysis, response class
hierarchy