John T. Rapp. (2006)
Toward an empirical method for identifying matched stimulation for
automatically reinforced behavior: A preliminary investigation.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis,
39, 137-140.
The effects of noncontingent matched stimulation (NMS) and response blocking on a
boy’s stereotypic behavior were evaluated using a multiple schedule that contained
three 15-min components (preintervention, intervention, and postintervention).
Results showed that stereotypy was always higher after response blocking than before
response blocking and was always lower after NMS than before NMS. These results
suggest that response blocking may have produced deprivation for the product of
stereotypy and that NMS may have provided stimulation that was similar to the
product of stereotypy.
DESCRIPTORS: automatic reinforcement, multiple schedule, noncontingent reinforcement,
response blocking, stereotypy