David E. Kuhn, Samantha L. Hardesty, & Kevin Luczynski. (2009).
Further evaluation of antecedent social events during functional analysis.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis,
42, 349-353.
The value of a reinforcer may change based on antecedent events,
specifically the behavior of others (Bruzek & Thompson, 2007). In
the current study, we examined the effects of manipulating the behavior
of the therapist on problem behavior while all dimensions of reinforcement
were held constant. Both participants’ levels of problem behaviors
increased as a function of the altered behavior of the therapist without
direct manipulation of states of satiation or deprivation.
DESCRIPTORS: antecedent events, contingency modeling, functional analysis, motivating operations