Programming the Generalization of a Greeting Response in Four Retarded Children.

Stokes, Trevor F.; And Others

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Publication Date: 1974

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Programming the Generalization of a Greeting Response in Four Retarded Children

Stokes, Trevor F.; And Others

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 7, 4, 599-610, W 74

Reinforcement techniques of prompting and shaping were employed to develop handwaving, a useful social greeting response, in four institutionalized severely retarded subjects 10- to 13-years-old. (Author)

Descriptors: Behavior Change, Exceptional Child Research, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation, Reinforcement, Severe Mental Retardation, Transfer of Training

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