Esch John W, Esch Barbara E, McCart Jordon D, Petursdottir Anna Ingeborg
Esch Behavior Consultants, Inc.
Anal Verbal Behav. 2010;26(1):3-13. doi: 10.1007/BF03393078.
In the behavioral literature, self-echoic behavior has been hypothesized to play an important role in, for example, emergent conditional discriminations (e.g., Lowenkron, 1991), emergent verbal operants (Horne & Lowe, 1996), and problem solving (Skinner, 1957). Although early behavioral intervention programs for children with autism emphasize the establishment of accurate echoic repertoires, the type of stimulus control that defines a self-echoic response is typically not addressed. We report the development of a self-echoic assessment procedure that was administered to children with and without autism spectrum disorders. Preliminary results indicated that a discrepancy between echoic and self-echoic repertoires was more likely to be present among participants with autism than among typically developing participants. Future research should evaluate the extent to which interventions to establish self-echoic responding might produce other collateral benefits.
在行为学文献中，自我模仿行为被假定在诸如新兴条件辨别（例如，Lowenkron，1991）、新兴言语操作（Horne和Lowe，1996）以及问题解决（Skinner，1957）等方面发挥重要作用。尽管早期针对自闭症儿童的行为干预项目强调建立准确的模仿技能，但定义自我模仿反应的那种刺激控制类型通常未被涉及。我们报告了一种自我模仿评估程序的开发，该程序应用于患有和未患有自闭症谱系障碍的儿童。初步结果表明，与正常发育的参与者相比，自闭症参与者更有可能在模仿技能和自我模仿技能之间存在差异。未来的研究应该评估建立自我模仿反应的干预措施可能产生其他附带益处的程度。
