Graduation Year
2005
Document Type
Thesis
Degree
M.A.
Degree Granting Department
Applied Behavior Analysis
Major Professor
Jennifer Austin, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Kelli McCormack-Brown, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Maria dePerczel-Goodwin, Ph.D.
Keywords
school setting, typically developing, choice, establishing operation, multi-element design
Abstract
Previous research has shown that providing students with the opportunity to choose the type of academic assignment could reduce a variety of problem behavior. However, procedural limitations of previous research prevent definitive conclusions regarding the mechanism by which choice interventions effect behavioral change. Furthermore, because research related to choice interventions has been limited primarily to children with developmental and emotional disabilities, the generality of such interventions is unclear. Therefore, the current study set out to extend the efforts of previous researchers by attempting to further isolate the mechanism by which choice procedures produce improved behavioral performance and attempted to further assess the generality of choice procedures by examining its effects on the behavior (e.g., maladaptive behavior, on-task behavior, academic performance) of a population (i.e., typically developing adolescent youth) not frequently targeted.
Scholar Commons Citation
Adelinis, John D., "The Role of Choice Versus Preference: An Analysis of Why Choice Interventions Work" (2005). USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/etd/2769
