Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Click here to sign up for SAGE Journal Email Alerts today!

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
Behavior Modification
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Right arrow Citing Articles via Scopus
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Cooper, L. J.
Right arrow Articles by Kayser, K.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Cooper, L. J.
Right arrow Articles by Kayser, K.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Complore   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati   Add to Twitter  
What's this?

Use of a Concurrent Operants Paradigm to Evaluate Positive Reinforcers during Treatment of Food Refusal

Linda J. Cooper

David P. Wacker

Kimberly Brown

Jennifer J. Mccomas

Stephanie M. Peck

Janet Drew

Jennifer Asmus

Krista Kayser

University of Iowa

The authors evaluated the responsiveness of 4 preschool-aged children to positive reinforcers within a concurrent operants paradigm during mealtimes. The children were presented with two identical, concurrently available sets of food. Each set differed in quantity and quality of positive reinforcement paired with acceptance of each bite of food or in the number of bites of food required to obtain positive reinforcement. Experiment 1 evaluated 1 child’s responsiveness to positive reinforcement while permitting escape from bite offers. Experiment 2 evaluated 2 children’s responsiveness to positive reinforcement when escape extinction occurred. Results from these experiments suggested that the children were responsive to positive reinforcers and chose more often the bites paired with the greater quantity and/or quality of reinforcement. Experiment 3 evaluated 1 child’s responsiveness to positive reinforcement both without and with escape extinction. Results suggested that positive reinforcement affected choice behavior and that escape extinction affected amount of food consumed.

Behavior Modification, Vol. 23, No. 1, 3-40 (1999)
DOI: 10.1177/0145445599231001
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati   Add to Twitter Twitter    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Behav ModifHome page
S. D. Casey, C. J. Perrin, A. D. Lesser, S. H. Perrin, C. L. Casey, and G. K. Reed
Using Descriptive Assessment in the Treatment of Bite Acceptance and Food Refusal
Behav Modif, September 1, 2009; 33(5): 537 - 558.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Focus Autism Other Dev DisablHome page
J. R. Ledford and D. L. Gast
Feeding Problems in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Review
Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, January 1, 2006; 21(3): 153 - 166.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Young Exceptional ChildrenHome page
M. L. Olive
Assessment & Intervention for Young Children With Nonphysiological Feeding Concerns Melissa L. Olive, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Young Exceptional Children, July 1, 2004; 7(4): 10 - 19.
[PDF]