Oliver, C., Oxener, G., Hearn, M., & Hall, S. (2001).
Effects of social proximity on multiple aggressive behaviors.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis,
34, 85-88.
We systematically manipulated social proximity to examine its
influence on multiple topographies of aggression. Aggression
occurred at high levels during close-proximity sessions and at
low levels during distant-proximity sessions even though social
contact was presented continuously during both conditions.
Topographies of aggression emerged sequentially across the
close-proximity sessions, and all topographies were reduced to
zero following extended sessions of this condition.
DESCRIPTORS: _aggression, attention, social proximity, multiple
topographies, response variability