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@article{citeulike:430144, abstract = {Four handicapped children were taught four positive social-emotional behaviors: smiling, sharing, positive physical contacting, and verbal complimenting, using instructions modelling, and praise. Rates of these behaviors were shown to increase in four trained subjects using a within-subject multiple-baseline experimental design. The generality of the behavior change was investigated by integrating three untrained subjects with the trained subjects in a setting free of adult-imposed contingencies and through a series of follow-up observations. Three trained subjects evidenced collateral increases in the generalization setting on at least one other behavior when training in smiling was conducted. One trained subject showed generalization session increases for each behavior when training was conducted to increase that behavior. All three untrained subjects demonstrated increased rates of smiling and sharing when interventions were conducted to increase those behaviors with the trained subjects. There was no appreciable generalization of verbal complimenting by either the trained or the untrained subjects. Both trained and untrained subjects generally maintained their increased rates of smiling, sharing, and positive physical contacting across four weeks of follow-up observations.}, author = {Cooke, Thomas P. and Apolloni, Tony}, citeulike-article-id = {430144}, journal = {Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis}, keywords = {behavior\_analysis, children, emotion, generalization, hardcopy, reinforcement, smiling}, number = {1}, pages = {65--78}, posted-at = {2005-12-07 22:19:59}, priority = {0}, title = {Developing positive social-emotional behaviors: a study of training and generalization effects.}, volume = {9}, year = {1976} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:430144 L3 - citeulike-article-id:430144 N2 - Four handicapped children were taught four positive social-emotional behaviors: smiling, sharing, positive physical contacting, and verbal complimenting, using instructions modelling, and praise. Rates of these behaviors were shown to increase in four trained subjects using a within-subject multiple-baseline experimental design. The generality of the behavior change was investigated by integrating three untrained subjects with the trained subjects in a setting free of adult-imposed contingencies and through a series of follow-up observations. Three trained subjects evidenced collateral increases in the generalization setting on at least one other behavior when training in smiling was conducted. One trained subject showed generalization session increases for each behavior when training was conducted to increase that behavior. All three untrained subjects demonstrated increased rates of smiling and sharing when interventions were conducted to increase those behaviors with the trained subjects. There was no appreciable generalization of verbal complimenting by either the trained or the untrained subjects. Both trained and untrained subjects generally maintained their increased rates of smiling, sharing, and positive physical contacting across four weeks of follow-up observations. IS - 1 JF - Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis EP - 78 TI - Developing positive social-emotional behaviors: a study of training and generalization effects. VL - 9 SP - 65 KW - behavior_analysis KW - children KW - emotion KW - generalization KW - hardcopy KW - reinforcement KW - smiling AU - Cooke, Thomas AU - Apolloni, Tony PY - 1976///Spring ER -