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Behavioral Modification Of Trainable Mentally Retarded Children, Cheryl Mayo Frair
Behavioral Modification Of Trainable Mentally Retarded Children, Cheryl Mayo Frair
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
In Experiment I, contingency management was employed with five non-institutionalized trainable retardates (mean MA=4.l, CA=9.9, and language age=2.6) in a classroom situation. Empirically determined high probability behaviors were displayed as colored cartoon figures in a reinforcement menu. Tasks from the Peabody Language Development Kit defined the behavior strengthened during 15 one-hour sessions. A quantity of low probability task behavior had to occur in order for subjects to emit 4 minutes of high probability reinforcing activity. Through contingency management, amount of task per reinforcement was shaped from a low ratio to a high ratio. Significant gains in language age (p
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