TY - JOUR
T1 - Generalization of adult's stimulus control of children's behavior
AU - Redd, William H.
N1 - Funding Information:
‘This research was supported in part by NIMH Predoctoral Fellowship l-FI-MH-42201-91 under the direction of J. S. Birnbrauer and was submitted as part of the author’s dissertat.ion. Special thanks go to Wesley Bloom, Mary Chronister, Nan Haar, Josh Hackett, Elizabeth Leigh, Paula Mohl, and Wade Williams for their assistance in conducting the research. ‘The author is now at the Massachusetts General Hospital University. Reprints may be obtained from the author, The Shriver Waverley, Mass.
PY - 1970/4
Y1 - 1970/4
N2 - Four severely retarded boys, each a member of a different play group, experienced either contingent or a combination of both contingent and noncontingent reinforcement from adults for cooperative play. After the contingent adults acquired stimulus control of the children's behavior, four stimulus control probes were conducted. The contingent adult's control was maintained in a nonexperimental setting. Play was evoked when both adults entered the experimental playroom together. The contingent adult did not control responding when he entered without the cup which held the reinforcement candy. For those Ss who had experienced only contingent reinforcement from adults, stimulus control generalized to novel adults; whereas for Ss who had experienced both contingent and noncontingent reinforcement, control did not generalize.
AB - Four severely retarded boys, each a member of a different play group, experienced either contingent or a combination of both contingent and noncontingent reinforcement from adults for cooperative play. After the contingent adults acquired stimulus control of the children's behavior, four stimulus control probes were conducted. The contingent adult's control was maintained in a nonexperimental setting. Play was evoked when both adults entered the experimental playroom together. The contingent adult did not control responding when he entered without the cup which held the reinforcement candy. For those Ss who had experienced only contingent reinforcement from adults, stimulus control generalized to novel adults; whereas for Ss who had experienced both contingent and noncontingent reinforcement, control did not generalize.
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U2 - 10.1016/0022-0965(70)90093-7
DO - 10.1016/0022-0965(70)90093-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 5452119
AN - SCOPUS:0014770085
SN - 0022-0965
VL - 9
SP - 286
EP - 296
JO - Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
JF - Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
IS - 2
ER -