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Research Articles

* (967K)     William G. Rantz, Alyce M. Dickinson, Gilbert A. Sinclair, and Ron Van Houten. The effect of feedback on the accuracy of checklist completion during instrument flight training. Pp. 497-510.
* (520K)     Kevin C. Luczynski and Gregory P. Hanley. Do children prefer contingencies? An evaluation of the efficacy of and preference for contingent versus noncontingent social reinforcement during play. Pp. 511-525.
    Oliver C. Mudford, Neil T. Martin, Jasmine K. Y. Hui, and Sarah Ann Taylor. Assessing observer accuracy in continuous recording of rate and curation: Three algorithms compared. Pp. 527-540.
    Rocio Rosales, Karen Stone,, and Ruth Anne Rehfeldt. The effects of behavioral skills training on the implementation of the picture exchange communication system.. Pp. .541-549.
    Don Nielsen, Sigurdur O. Sigurdsson, and John Austin. Preventing back injuries in hospital settings: The effects of video modeling on safe patient lifting by nurses. Pp. 551-562.
    Edward J. Daly III, Nikki J. Wells, Michelle S. Swanger-Gagné, James E. Carr, Gina M. Kunz, and Ashley M. Taylor. Evaluation of the multiple-stimulus without replacement stimulus preference assessment method using activities as stimulus events. Pp. 563-574.
    Lanny Fields, Robert Travis, Deborah Roy, Eytan Yadlovker, Liliane de Aguiar-Rocha, and Peter Sturmey. Equivalence-class formation: A method for teaching statistical interactions. Pp. 575-593.
    Larry A. Alferink, Thomas S. Critchfield, Jennifer L. Hitt, and William J. Higgins. Generality of the matching law as a descriptor of shot selection in basketball. Pp. 595-608.
    Xeres Delmendo, John C. Borrero, Kenneth L. Beauchamp, and Monica T. Francisco, Consumption and response output as a function of unit price: Manipulation of cost and benefit components. Pp. 609-626.
    Anthony DeFulio, Carina Iati, Mick Needham,, and Kenneth Silverman. Modification of perseverative responding that increased earnings but impeded skill acquisition in a job skills training program. Pp. 627-640
    Melanie H. Bachmeyer, Cathleen C. Piazza, Laura D. Fredrick, Gregory K. Reed, Kristi D. Rivas, and Heather J. Kadey, Functional analysis and treatment of multiply controlled inappropriate mealtime behavior. Pp. 641-658.

Reports

*(197K)     Kara A. Reagon and Thomas S. Higbee. Parent-implemented script-fading to promote play based verbal initiations in children with autism. Pp. 659-664.
*(131K)     Anna Rice, John Austin, and Nicole Gravina. Increasing customer service behaviors using manager-delivered task clarification and social praise. Pp. 665-669.
    Delia B. Ben Chaabane, Sheila R. Alber-Morgan, and Ruth M. DeBar. The effects of parent-implemented PECS training on improvisation of mands by children with autism. Pp. 671-678.
    Stephanie A. Contrucci Kuhn and Mandy Triggs, . Analysis of social variables when an initial functional analysis indicates automatic reinforcement as the maintaining variable for self-injurious behavior. Pp. 679-683.
    Anna Ingeborg Petursdottir and Rakel Dögg Hafliöadóttir, A comparison of four strategies for teaching a small foreign-language vocabulary. Pp. 685-690.
    Claire E. Egan, and Dermot Barnes-Holmes. Emergence of tacts following mand training in young children with autism. Pp. 691-696.
    Brandon Herscovitch, Eileen M.Roscoe, Myrna E. Libby, Jason C. Bourret, and William H. Ahearn. A procedure for identifying precursors to problem behavior. Pp. 697-702.
    Caio F. Miguel, Heejean G. Yang, Heather E. Finn, and William H.Ahearn. Establishing derived textual control in activity schedules with children diagnosed with autism. Pp. 703-710.
    Anna C. Schmidt, Gregory P. Hanley, and Stacy A. Layer. A further analysis of the value of choosing: Controlling for illusory discriminative stimuli and evaluating the effects of less-preferred items. Pp. 711-716.
    Adam H. Doughty and Kathryn J. Saunders. Decreasing errors in reading-related matching to sample using a delayed-sample procedure. Pp. 717-722.
    Nathan A. Call, Ryan S. Pabico, and Joanna E. Lomas. Use of latency to problem behavior to evaluate demands for inclusion in functional analyses Pp. 723-728.
    Iser G. DeLeon, Michelle A. Frank, Meagan K. Gregory, and Melissa J. Allman, On the correspondence between preference assessment outcomes and progressive-ratio schedule assessments of stimulus value. Pp. 729-733.
    Taylor E. Johnson, and Mark R. Dixon. Altering response chains in pathological gamblers using a response-cost procedure Pp. 735-740.
    Valdimar Sigurdsson, Hugi Saevarsson, and Gordon Foxall. Brand-placement and consumer choice: An in-store experiment. Pp. 741-744.
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