Table of Contents for Summer 1996 (Volume 29)

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Research Articles

• Cathleen C. Piazza, Wayne W. Fisher, Gregory P. Hanley, Kellie Hilker, and K. Mark Derby. A preliminary procedure for predicting the positive and negative effects of reinforcement-based procedures. Pp. 137-152.
• Dorothea C. Lerman, Brian A. Iwata, Bridget A. Shore, and Sung Woo Kahng. Responding maintained by intermittent reinforcement: Implications for the use of extinction with problem behavior in clinical settings. Pp. 153-171.
• Gerard D. Faw, Paula K. Davis, and Craig Peck. Increasing self-determination: Teaching people with mental retardation to evaluate residential options. Pp. 173-188.
• John Wills Lloyd, Matthew J. Eberhardt, and George P. Drake. Group versus individual reinforcement contingencies within the context of group study conditions. Pp. 189-200.
• John Northrup, Teresa George, Kevin Jones, Carmen Broussard, and Timothy R. Vollmer. A comparison of reinforcer assessment methods: The utility of verbal and pictorial choice procedures. Pp. 201-212.

• (192K)     Kennon A. Lattal and Nancy A. Neef. Recent reinforcement-schedule research and applied behavior analysis. Pp.213-230. [This article is the eleventh in a series of JABA commentaries on JEAB’s relevance to applied behavior analysis.]

Reports

• Dorothea C. Lerman and Brian A. Iwata. A methodology for distinguishing between extinction and punishment effects associated with response blocking. Pp. 231-233.
• Wayne W. Fisher, H. A. Chris Ninness, Cathleen C. Piazza, and Jamie S. Owen-DeSchryver. On the reinforcing effects of the content of verbal attention. Pp. 235-238.
• Nancy C. Grace, Rachel Thompson, and Wayne W. Fisher. The treatment of covert self-injury through contingencies on response products. Pp. 239-242.
• Lee Kern and Tamara J. Marder. A comparison of simultaneous and delayed reinforcement as treatments for food selectivity. Pp. 243-246.
• Jennifer R. Zarcone, Wayne W. Fisher, and Cathleen C. Piazza. Analysis of free-time contingencies as positive versus negative reinforcement. Pp. 247-250.
• Ruth A. Ervin, Peg M. Miller, and Patrick C. Friman. Feed the hungry bee: Using positive peer reports to improve the social interactions and acceptance of a socially rejected girl in residential care. Pp. 251-253.
• Lorna M. Gilbert, Randy Lee Williams and T. F. McLaughlin. Use of assisted reading to increase correct reading rates and decrease error rates of students with learning disabilities. Pp. 255-257.
• Dougas W. Woods and Raymond G. Miltenberger. Are persons with nervous habits nervous? A Preliminary examination of habit function in a nonreferred population. Pp. 259-261.