Date of Award
6-2012
Culminating Project Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Applied Behavior Analysis: M.S.
Department
Community Psychology, Counseling and Family Therapy
College
School of Health and Human Services
First Advisor
Kimberly Schulze
Third Advisor
John Hoover
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Keywords and Subject Headings
Assessment, Dynamic Preference, Multiple Stimulus, Applied Setting, Family Therapy
Abstract
Preference assessments are used to identify preferred stimuli. The present study was conducted to determine if there was a difference between a brief MS WO and a dynamic assessment in their ability to identify effective reinforcers. Three child-staff member pairs participated in a multi-element design. Three dependent variables were measured during both assessment sessions: percent correct trials, assessment duration, and verbal protests.
The results showed higher percent correct and fewer protests with the dynamic assessment, and shorter assessment duration with the brief MSWO assessment. These results suggest the dynamic assessment might be a more effective preference assessment.
Recommended Citation
Warling-Spiegel, Ashley, "A Comparison of a Dynamic Preference Assessment and a Brief Multiple-Stimulus without Replacement Preference Assessment in an Applied Setting" (2012). Culminating Projects in Community Psychology, Counseling and Family Therapy. 108.
https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/cpcf_etds/108
