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ANALYSIS OF RESPONSE CLASS HIERARCHIES WITH ATTENTION‐MAINTAINED PROBLEM BEHAVIORS

2001; Wiley; Volume: 34; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1901/jaba.2001.34-61

1938-3703

Jay W. Harding, David P. Wacker, Wendy K. Berg, Anjali Barretto, Lisa Winborn, Andrew W. Gardner,

Autism Spectrum Disorder Research

We replicated a method for clarifying inconclusive functional analysis outcomes via an extinction analysis of separate topographies of problem behavior with 2 participants. Results suggested that both mild and severe problem behaviors belonged to the same response class. An analysis of response latency was consistent with a response class hierarchy hypothesis, indicating that mild problem behavior nearly always occurred prior to severe topographies of problem behavior.