Document Type

Dissertation

College

College of Arts and Sciences

Department

Psychology

Degree

PhD in Behavior Analysis

Dissertation Defense Date

2015

First Advisor

Dickson, Chata A.

Second Advisor

Hanley, Gregory P.

First Committee Member

Dickson, Chata A.

Second Committee Member

Hanley, Gregory P.

Additional Committee Member(s)

Duke, William; Karsten, Amanda

Abstract

"Differential observing responses (DOR) have been an effective intervention to remediate overselective stimulus control with individuals with intellectual disabilities. Experiment 1 examined the effects of a non-verbal DOR requirement on a 2-sample delayed matching-to- sample (DMTS) task. Twelve individuals diagnosed with intellectual disabilities completed the study. Initially, the accuracy of all 12 participants was in the overselective range (between 50- 83%) on the 2-sample DMTS task. The introduction of the DOR requirement in the form of a compound simultaneous matching-to-sample (SMTS) task increased accuracy to high levels for 6 participants."

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