Episode 20 - Noncontingent Reinforcement

Published: Nov. 30, 2016, 11:35 a.m.

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Because noncontingent reinforcement goes beyond constant access to a bag of M+Ms, we bring you this, the latest episode of ABA Inside Track. \xa0Jackie and Rob are ready to meet your response-independent schedule needs, especially if those needs include a synopsis of the Hugga Bunch movie. \xa0Diana reviews NCR schedules, from dense to lean and everything in between, though expresses a preference for dense when candy is involved. \xa0Finally, a heated discussion ensues regarding extinction as a ruiner of contingency marriages. \xa0Listen closely: this episode is chock-full of putative possibilities.

Articles discussed this episode:

Hagopian, L.P., Fisher, W.W., & Legacy, S.M. \xa0(1994). \xa0Schedule effects of noncontingent reinforcement on attention-maintained destructive behavior in identical quadruplets. \xa0Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 27, 317-325.\xa0\xa0doi: 10.1901/jaba.1994.27-317

Wallce, M.D., Iwata, B.A., Hanley, G.P., Thompson, R.H., & Roscoe, E.M. \xa0(2012). \xa0Noncontingent reinforcement: A further examination of schedule effects during treatment. \xa0Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 45, 709-719.\xa0\xa0doi: 10.1901/jaba.2012.45-709

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