Effects of Choice of Work Tasks on On-Task, Aberrant, Happiness and Unhappiness Behaviours of Persons with Developmental Disabilities. Export

@article{citeulike:423448, abstract = {Effects of choice versus no choice of work tasks on work performance, inappropriate behaviours, happiness and unhappiness indices were examined in three studies. Study 1 examined the effects of a choice between a high and a low preference task, versus the assignment of the high preference task. Study 2 was similar to Study 1 except that the tasks in the choice condition were equally and moderately preferred. Study 3 was conducted by the participants' instructors in their natural work settings. A total of five participants were involved across the three studies. Very few differences were found under the choice and no-choice conditions. More research is needed to examine the role of reinforcement history in establishing stimulus control effects of choice.}, author = {Spevack, Sara and Martin, Toby L. and Hiebert, Rene and Yu, C. T. and Martin, Garry L.}, citeulike-article-id = {423448}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.oadd.org/publications/journal/issues/vol11no2/download/spevakEtAl.pdf}, journal = {Journal on Developmental Disabilities}, keywords = {behavior\_analysis, choice, developmental\_disabilities, happiness, pdfcopy, stamant}, number = {2}, posted-at = {2005-12-06 15:31:04}, priority = {0}, title = {Effects of Choice of Work Tasks on On-Task, Aberrant, Happiness and Unhappiness Behaviours of Persons with Developmental Disabilities.}, url = {http://www.oadd.org/publications/journal/issues/vol11no2/download/spevakEtAl.pdf}, volume = {11}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:423448 L3 - citeulike-article-id:423448 N2 - Effects of choice versus no choice of work tasks on work performance, inappropriate behaviours, happiness and unhappiness indices were examined in three studies. Study 1 examined the effects of a choice between a high and a low preference task, versus the assignment of the high preference task. Study 2 was similar to Study 1 except that the tasks in the choice condition were equally and moderately preferred. Study 3 was conducted by the participants' instructors in their natural work settings. A total of five participants were involved across the three studies. Very few differences were found under the choice and no-choice conditions. More research is needed to examine the role of reinforcement history in establishing stimulus control effects of choice. IS - 2 JF - Journal on Developmental Disabilities TI - Effects of Choice of Work Tasks on On-Task, Aberrant, Happiness and Unhappiness Behaviours of Persons with Developmental Disabilities. VL - 11 KW - behavior_analysis KW - choice KW - developmental_disabilities KW - happiness KW - pdfcopy KW - stamant AU - Spevack, Sara AU - Martin, Toby AU - Hiebert, Rene AU - Yu, CT AU - Martin, Garry PY - 2005/// UR - http://www.oadd.org/publications/journal/issues/vol11no2/download/spevakEtAl.pdf ER -