Department of Applied Behavioral Science, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA.
J Appl Behav Anal. 2024 Jul;57(3):725-741. doi: 10.1002/jaba.1080. Epub 2024 Jun 7.
In synchronous-reinforcement schedules, the duration of behavior directly controls the duration of reinforcement on a moment-to-moment basis. We replicated and extended Diaz de Villegas et al. (2020) by comparing the effects of synchronous reinforcement with two accumulated-reinforcement schedules for increasing on-task behavior for seven preschoolers. One accumulated schedule was the same as the one used in Diaz de Villegas et al. and did not include tokens, whereas the other accumulated schedule included the delivery of tokens within session. Furthermore, we assessed preference for the three reinforcement schedules. The results showed that synchronous reinforcement was effective for increasing on-task behavior for all seven participants. Furthermore, it was most effective for increasing on-task behavior for three out of seven participants and preferred by all participants. For some participants, other schedules were also similarly effective. The results are discussed with respect to implications for application.
在同步强化程序中，行为的持续时间直接控制着强化的持续时间，这是基于每一刻的。我们通过比较同步强化与两种累积强化程序对 7 名学龄前儿童提高任务行为的效果，复制和扩展了迪亚兹·德维莱加斯等人（2020 年）的研究。一种累积程序与迪亚兹·德维莱加斯等人使用的程序相同，不包括代币，而另一种累积程序则在会议期间提供代币。此外，我们评估了对三种强化程序的偏好。结果表明，同步强化对所有 7 名参与者提高任务行为都很有效。此外，对于 7 名参与者中的 3 名，同步强化程序对提高任务行为最为有效，并且受到所有参与者的喜爱。对于一些参与者来说，其他程序也同样有效。结果讨论了在应用方面的意义。
