Date of Award
5-2016
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
Benjamin Witts
Second Advisor
Kimberly Schulze
Third Advisor
Eric Rudrud
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Keywords and Subject Headings
behavior, preference, reinforcement, assessment, validity
Abstract
This study examined the correspondence between preference for systematically differing magnitudes of edible stimuli and relative progressive ratio (PR) breakpoints. A primary MSWO preference assessment was used to rank eight different edible items. Next, a secondary MSWO preference assessment determined preference for 0.5, 2, and 10 g of HP and LP items. Following a baseline phase, 0.5, 2, and 10 g of both the HP and LP items (i.e., six stimuli total) were tested individually under PR reinforcer assessment administrations. In contrast to previous research, there was not a direct correspondence between preference and PR breakpoints. In addition, HP stimuli did not consistently produce higher breakpoints when compared to LP stimuli, irrespective of magnitude.
Recommended Citation
Linn, Trista L., "Consideration of Reinforcer Magnitude with Respect to Preference and Reinforcer Assessment Outcomes" (2016). Culminating Projects in Community Psychology, Counseling and Family Therapy. 16.
https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/cpcf_etds/16
