A COMPARISON OF REINFORCER ASSESSMENT METHODS: THE UTILITY OF VERBAL AND PICTORIAL CHOICE PROCEDURES
1996; Wiley; Volume: 29; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1901/jaba.1996.29-201
ISSN1938-3703
AutoresJohn Northup, Teresa George, Kevin M. Jones, Carmen Broussard, Timothy R. Vollmer,
Tópico(s)Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
ResumoWe compared three methods of stimulus preference assessment for verbal children and specifically evaluated the utility of a verbal choice procedure for assessing relative reinforcer value. Using a token system, relative preference for five categories of reinforcers, representing 15 different stimuli, was assessed by three methods: a reinforcer survey, a verbal stimulus‐choice questionnaire, and a pictorial stimulus‐choice procedure. Results showed that the verbal and pictorial stimulus‐choice assessments accurately identified high‐ and low‐preference categories for 3 of 4 participants. Survey results alone often rated multiple categories as high preference, were less likely to identify low‐preference categories, and were less likely to correspond with the results of a reinforcer assessment.
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