University of Houston–Clear Lake, 2700 Bay Area Blvd. Box 245, Houston, Texas 77058, USA.
J Appl Behav Anal. 2010 Winter;43(4):769-73. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2010.43-769.
Seven adults participated in simulated teaching sessions with an experimenter who role played as a student with developmental disabilities. The experimenter engaged in problem behavior and either (a) terminated problem behavior contingent on participant reprimands (negative reinforcement) or (b) did not terminate problem behavior contingent on reprimands (extinction). Results suggested that reprimands were sensitive to negative reinforcement in the form of the immediate cessation of problem behavior. These preliminary findings support role play as a potentially viable laboratory model for analyzing behaviors of typical adults.
七名成年人与一名实验者进行了模拟教学,实验者扮演一名有发育障碍的学生。实验者表现出问题行为,要么(a)根据参与者的训斥来终止问题行为(负强化),要么(b)不根据训斥来终止问题行为(消退)。结果表明,训斥对问题行为的立即停止(负强化)是敏感的。这些初步发现支持角色扮演作为一种潜在可行的实验室模型,用于分析典型成年人的行为。