PMID- 22219526
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20120504
LR  - 20211021
IS  - 1938-3703 (Electronic)
IS  - 0021-8855 (Print)
IS  - 0021-8855 (Linking)
VI  - 44
IP  - 4
DP  - 2011 Winter
TI  - False-positive tangible outcomes of functional analyses.
PG  - 737-45
LID - 10.1901/jaba.2011.44-737 [doi]
AB  - Functional analysis (FA) methodology is the most precise method for identifying 
      variables that maintain problem behavior. Occasionally, however, results of an FA 
      may be influenced by idiosyncratic sensitivity to aspects of the assessment 
      conditions. For example, data from several studies suggest that inclusion of a 
      tangible condition during an FA may be prone to a false-positive outcome, 
      although the extent to which tangible reinforcement routinely produces such 
      outcomes is unknown. We examined susceptibility to tangible reinforcement by 
      determining whether a new response was acquired more readily when exposed to a 
      tangible contingency relative to others commonly used in an FA (Study 1), and 
      whether problem behavior known not to have a social function nevertheless emerged 
      when exposed to tangible reinforcement (Study 2). Results indicated that 
      inclusion of items in the tangible condition should be done with care and that 
      selection should be based on those items typically found in the individual's 
      environment.
FAU - Rooker, Griffin W
AU  - Rooker GW
AD  - University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA. Rooker@kennedykrieger.org
FAU - Iwata, Brian A
AU  - Iwata BA
FAU - Harper, Jill M
AU  - Harper JM
FAU - Fahmie, Tara A
AU  - Fahmie TA
FAU - Camp, Erin M
AU  - Camp EM
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - J Appl Behav Anal
JT  - Journal of applied behavior analysis
JID - 0174763
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Behavior Therapy/*methods
MH  - Child
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Mental Disorders/psychology/*therapy
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - *Reinforcement, Psychology
PMC - PMC3251278
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - false-positive assessment
OT  - functional analysis
OT  - motivating operations
OT  - tangible reinforcement
EDAT- 2012/01/06 06:00
MHDA- 2012/05/05 06:00
PMCR- 2012/06/01
CRDT- 2012/01/06 06:00
PHST- 2010/10/01 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2011/05/24 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2012/01/06 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/01/06 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/05/05 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2012/06/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 200-10 [pii]
AID - 10.1901/jaba.2011.44-737 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Appl Behav Anal. 2011 Winter;44(4):737-45. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2011.44-737.