The Effects of Reinforcer Pairing and Fading on Preschoolers' Snack Selections

Autor/inn/en	Solberg, Katherine M.; Hanley, Gregory P.; Layer, Stacy A.; Ingvarsson, Einar T.
Titel	The Effects of Reinforcer Pairing and Fading on Preschoolers' Snack Selections
Quelle	In: Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 40 (2007) 4, S.633-644 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-8855
Schlagwörter	Reinforcement; Decision Making; Attitude Change; Preschool Children; Food; Social Influences; Correlation; Interpersonal Relationship; Stimuli; Interaction; Videotape Recordings + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Positive Verstärkung; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Lebensmittel; Sozialer Einfluss; Korrelation; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Anreizsystem; Interaktion
Abstract	The effects of reinforcement pairing and fading on preschoolers' snack selections were evaluated in a multiple baseline design. Baseline preferences for snack options were assessed via repeated paired-item preference assessments. Edible, social, and activity-based reinforcers were then exclusively paired with a less preferred snack option. Once the snack paired with reinforcement was selected most frequently, the three types of reinforcement were systematically faded. Frequent selections of the previously less preferred snack option were produced with paired reinforcement, but were disrupted for all children as the paired reinforcement was reduced to low levels. These data showed that paired reinforcement was initially effective in increasing preference for the originally less preferred snack options, but more permanent changes in the value of the snack options were not achieved. Conditions for producing persistent changes in children's snack choices are discussed. (Contains 2 tables and 2 figures.) (Author).
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