Response-class hierarchies and resurgence of severe problem behavior
Response-class hierarchies and resurgence of severe problem behavior
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DOI：
10.1007/bf03395495
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发表时间：
2004-09-01
影响因子：
1.3
通讯作者：
O'Connor, J
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作者：
Lieving, GA;Hagopian, LR;O'Connor, J
复燃一般可以被定义为由灭绝引起的先前学习的反应模式的重现。了解这种现象发生的条件具有理论、临床和应用意义，特别是对于反应等级等级的相关研究领域。在目前的研究中，我们考察了2名参与者的复苏性，他们表现出由积极强化维持的严重问题行为的各种拓扑结构组成的反应类层次结构。通过短暂接触有形物品来维持答复的基线水平。在第二种情况下，通过另一种具有严重问题行为的地形产生加固，而最初的地形同时被熄灭。当替代行为的加固应急措施被移除时，以前加固的地形就会恢复。这种复苏是最近产生增强剂的行为所特有的，这表明恢复不是简单的灭绝诱导的变异或情绪反应。结果的临床意义进行了讨论，并与实验室中通过各种方法产生的结果相关联。
Resurgence may be defined generally as the extinction-induced recurrence of previously learned response patterns. Understanding the conditions under which this phenomenon occurs has theoretical, clinical, and applied implications, particularly with respect to a related area of research on response-class hierarchies. In the current study, we examined resurgence with 2 participants who exhibited response-class hierarchies consisting of various topographies of severe problem behavior maintained by positive reinforcement. Baseline levels of responding were maintained by brief access to tangible items. In a second condition, reinforcement was produced by an alternative topography of severe problem behavior, and the initial topography was extinguished concurrently. When the reinforcement contingency for alternative behavior was removed, previously reinforced topographies recovered. This resurgence was specific to behavior that recently produced the reinforcer, which suggests that the recovery was not simply extinction-induced variation or emotional responding. The clinical implications of the results are discussed and related to results that have been produced in the laboratory by a variety of methods.