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- Title
Non-generalized and generalized conditioned reinforcers: establishment and validation.
- Authors
Moher, Carly A.; Gould, D. Daniel; Hegg, Elisa; Mahoney, Amanda M.
- Abstract
Conditioned reinforcers, or tokens, are frequently used in clinical settings; however, little applied research has focused on establishing and validating their effectiveness. Following pairing of a novel token with an edible reinforcer in the present study, preference and reinforcer assessments verified that the tokens functioned as conditioned reinforcers. Results indicated that the tokens were established as conditioned reinforcers that matched the reinforcer value of the primary reinforcers with which they had been paired. The effects of motivating operations (MOs) on the effectiveness of these conditioned reinforcers were then evaluated. Conditioned reinforcer effectiveness decreased during satiation conditions. Subsequently it was found that increasing the number of backup reinforcers with which the token was paired resulted in the effectiveness maintaining during satiation conditions. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Subjects
RESEARCH; REINFORCEMENT (Psychology); CONDITIONED response; BEHAVIORISM (Psychology); PSYCHOLOGY of learning
- Publication
Behavioral Interventions, 2008, Vol 23, Issue 1, p13
- ISSN
1072-0847
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/bin.253