Peer reinforcement control of classroom problem behavior1
- 1 January 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
- Vol. 6 (1), 49-56
- https://doi.org/10.1901/jaba.1973.6-49
Abstract
Peer and teacher interactions with five “disruptive” children were studied in an elementary school classroom. The intent of the study was to analyze experimentally peer reinforcement control of the disruptive children's problem behaviors. Social attention provided by all peers was found to be directed exclusively to the problem behaviors during baseline. Following baseline, several manipulations of selected peer social attention demonstrated the reinforcement function of this stimulus class.Keywords
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