DIFFERENTIAL REINFORCEMENT OF OTHER BEHAVIOR (DRO): A YOKED-CONTROL COMPARISON1

The effects of extinction, noncontingent reinforcement and differential reinforcement of other behavior as control procedures.

Several techniques have been used in applied research as controls for the introduction of a reinforcement contingency, including extinction, noncontingent reinforcement (NCR), and differential reinforcement of other behavior (DRO). Little research, however, has examined the relative strengths and limitations of these "reversal" controls. We compared the effects of extinction with those of NCR a...

RIRD vs. DRO: Vocal stereotypy 1 A Comparison of Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior and Response Interruption and Redirection on Vocal Stereotypy A Thesis Presented By

Vocal stereotypy is a common problem behavior among persons with autism spectrum disorder and can prove to be a fairly difficult behavior to treat. One of the main reasons that this behavior is often challenging is that it is usually maintained by the sensory consequences that it produces. Response interruption and redirection and differential reinforcement of other behavior are two treatments ...

Differential reinforcement of other behavior and response suppression: the effects of the response-reinforcement interval

A comparison of response cost and differential reinforcement of other behavior to reduce disruptive behavior in a preschool classroom.

This study investigated the effectiveness of response cost and differential reinforcement of other behavior (DRO) in reducing the disruptive behaviors of 25 children in a preschool classroom. Using an alternating treatments design, disruptive behavior was reduced when the participants earned tokens for the absence of disruptive behavior (DRO) or lost tokens for the occurrence of disruptive beha...

The effects of differential negative reinforcement of other behavior and noncontingent escape on compliance.

The present study evaluated the effects of noncontingent escape and differential negative reinforcement of other behavior in reducing problem behaviors and increasing compliance in 2 children with disabilities. Results showed that both methods reduced problem behavior and increased compliance for both children.