The Effect of Response Cost and Aversive Stimulation in Suppressing Punished and Nonpunished Speech Disfluencies.

Kazdin, Alan E.

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Publication Date: 1973

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The Effect of Response Cost and Aversive Stimulation in Suppressing Punished and Nonpunished Speech Disfluencies

Kazdin, Alan E.

Behavior Therapy, 4, 1, 73-82, Jan 73

The effect of response cost (withdrawal of tokens), aversive sound stimulation (contingent presentation of loud noise), informative feedback (contingent presentation of neutral stimulus), and no treatment were compared in suppressing disfluent speech in 40 educable mentally retarded clients (median age 22 years). (Author)

Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation, Mild Mental Retardation, Negative Reinforcement, Speech Handicaps, Stuttering, Training Methods, Young Adults

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