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Manding for Information Maintained by Social Reinforcement: A Comparison of Prompting Procedures

Swerdan, Matthew G.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1370008891

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2013, Master of Science in Applied Behavior Analysis, Youngstown State University, Department of Psychological Sciences and Counseling.
Manding for information maintained by social reinforcement (i.e., another person answering a question posed by the speaker) may help improve the social skills of individuals with autism. In the present study, an adapted alternating treatments design was implemented to compare the efficacy of echoic and textual prompts to teach three students with autism (ages 8-15) to ask questions related to a pre-selected topic of conversation (i.e., food, games, school). Participants were first required to answer questions related to the three topics to determine if accurate responses were within their repertoire. This was followed by exposure to both textual and echoic prompts with a prompt delay to ask relevant questions to the experimenter. Generalization probes were then conducted with a peer, and follow-up probes were conducted at two and three weeks following training. Results indicate echoic prompts resulted in learning with fewer trials to criterion across all participants. Limitations and implications for future studies are discussed.
Rocio Rosales , Ph.D. (Advisor)
Jane Kestner, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Karen Giorgetti, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
80 p.
Behavioral Psychology; Psychology
prompt comparison; mands; autism; spontaneous communication

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  • Swerdan, M. G. (2013). Manding for Information Maintained by Social Reinforcement: A Comparison of Prompting Procedures [Master's thesis, Youngstown State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1370008891

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Swerdan, Matthew. Manding for Information Maintained by Social Reinforcement: A Comparison of Prompting Procedures . 2013. Youngstown State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1370008891.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Swerdan, Matthew. "Manding for Information Maintained by Social Reinforcement: A Comparison of Prompting Procedures ." Master's thesis, Youngstown State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1370008891

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