Jeffrey H. Tiger, Gregory P. Hanley, & Kylie M. Larsen. (2008).
An evaluation of intraverbal training and listener training for teaching categorization skills.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis,
41, 125-130.
Multiple schedules using continuous discriminative stimuli have been
used to minimize children’s disruptive requesting for teacher attention
(e.g., colored floral leis; Tiger & Hanley, 2004; Tiger, Hanley, &
Heal, 2006).
The present study evaluated the effectiveness of, and children’s preferences
for, two multiple-schedule arrangements in which brief experimenter
vocalizations served as discriminative stimuli. Results showed that brief
signals were highly effective discriminative stimuli for 3 of the 4
children, and that all children preferred one or both variations of the
multiple schedule to a control arrangement. For 1 child, highly
discriminated responding was achieved only when continuous signals
were introduced.
DESCRIPTORS: signals, choice, concurrent-chains arrangement,
multiple-schedule arrangements, preference assessment, preschool