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Investigations Of Operant Aba Renewal During Differential Alternative Reinforcement, Ryan T. Kimball
Investigations Of Operant Aba Renewal During Differential Alternative Reinforcement, Ryan T. Kimball
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Operant renewal is a form of relapse in which a previously extinguished response recurs due to a change in context. We designed two experiments to examine the impact of differential reinforcement of alternative behavior on ABA renewal in a translational model of relapse with 12 children either diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, an intellectual disability, or who were neurotypical. We compared levels of renewal in two, three-phase arrangements. In one arrangement, we reinforced target responding in Context A, extinguished responding in Context B, and returned to Context A while continuing to implement extinction. In a second arrangement, an alternative response …