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@article{citeulike:162242, abstract = {Research on the reinforcing effects of providing choice-making opportunities to individuals with developmental disabilities (i.e., allowing them to choose reinforcers or tasks) has produced inconsistent results, perhaps because the mechanisms underlying such effects remain unclear. Choice may produce a reinforcement effect because it is correlated with differential consequences (i.e., choice may increase one's access to higher preference stimuli), or it may have reinforcement value independent of (or in addition to) the chosen stimulus. In Experiment 1, we used a concurrent-operants arrangement to assess preference for a choice condition (in which participants selected one of two available reinforcers) relative to a no-choice condition (in which the therapist selected the same reinforcers on a yoked schedule). All 3 participants preferred the choice option. In Experiment 2, we altered the schedules so that the participant selected one of two lower preference reinforcers in the choice condition, whereas the therapist selected a higher preference stimulus for the participant either half or all of the time in the no-choice condition. Participants typically allowed the therapist to select reinforcers for them (i.e., they allocated responding to the no-choice condition) when it resulted in greater access to higher preference stimuli.}, address = {Neurobehavioral Unit, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.}, author = {Fisher, W. W. and Thompson, R. H. and Piazza, C. C. and Crosland, K. and Gotjen, D.}, citeulike-article-id = {162242}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9316257}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=9316257}, issn = {0021-8855}, journal = {Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis}, keywords = {choice, choiceterms, developmental\_disabilities, hardcopy, pdfcopy}, number = {3}, pages = {423--438}, posted-at = {2005-05-12 15:14:29}, priority = {2}, title = {On the relative reinforcing effects of choice and differential consequences.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9316257}, volume = {30}, year = {1997} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:162242 L3 - citeulike-article-id:162242 N2 - Research on the reinforcing effects of providing choice-making opportunities to individuals with developmental disabilities (i.e., allowing them to choose reinforcers or tasks) has produced inconsistent results, perhaps because the mechanisms underlying such effects remain unclear. Choice may produce a reinforcement effect because it is correlated with differential consequences (i.e., choice may increase one's access to higher preference stimuli), or it may have reinforcement value independent of (or in addition to) the chosen stimulus. In Experiment 1, we used a concurrent-operants arrangement to assess preference for a choice condition (in which participants selected one of two available reinforcers) relative to a no-choice condition (in which the therapist selected the same reinforcers on a yoked schedule). All 3 participants preferred the choice option. In Experiment 2, we altered the schedules so that the participant selected one of two lower preference reinforcers in the choice condition, whereas the therapist selected a higher preference stimulus for the participant either half or all of the time in the no-choice condition. Participants typically allowed the therapist to select reinforcers for them (i.e., they allocated responding to the no-choice condition) when it resulted in greater access to higher preference stimuli. IS - 3 JF - Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis SN - 0021-8855 AD - Neurobehavioral Unit, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA. EP - 438 TI - On the relative reinforcing effects of choice and differential consequences. VL - 30 SP - 423 KW - choice KW - choiceterms KW - developmental_disabilities KW - hardcopy KW - pdfcopy AU - Fisher, WW AU - Thompson, RH AU - Piazza, CC AU - Crosland, K AU - Gotjen, D PY - 1997/// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9316257 ER -