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Case Reports
. 1996 Spring;29(1):117-20.
doi: 10.1901/jaba.1996.29-117.

Effects of equal and unequal reinforcer duration during functional analysis

W W Fisher  1 , C C Piazza, C L Chiang
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Effects of equal and unequal reinforcer duration during functional analysis

W W Fisher et al. J Appl Behav Anal. 1996 Spring.

Abstract

In the functional analysis described by Iwata, Dorsey, Slifer, Bauman, and Richman (1982/1994), reinforcer duration varied across conditions (e.g., brief attention vs. 30 s of escape); this may result in unequal exposure to the establishing operations for aberrant behavior. In this study, we compared the effects of unequal and equal reinforcer duration during a functional analysis. The results showed that reinforcer duration affects the rate of aberrant behavior and may potentially alter functional analysis interpretation.

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