Environmental enrichment and response cost: Immediate and subsequent effects on stereotypy. Issue 1 (14th January 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Watkins, Nicholas; Rapp, John T.
• Is Part Of: Journal of applied behavior analysis. Volume 47:Issue 1(2014:Spring)
• Page Start: 186
• Page End: 191
• Publication Date: 2014-01-14
• Subjects: Psychology, Applied -- Periodicals; Social Behavior -- Periodicals; 150
• DOI: 10.1002/jaba.97
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0021-8855

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <sec id="jaba97-sec-0001" sec-type="section"> <p>We assessed the immediate and subsequent effects of environmental enrichment (EE) as a stand‐alone intervention and when EE was combined with response cost (RC) for 5 participants using a 2‐component multiple‐schedule design. Environmental enrichment failed to decrease any participant's immediate engagement in stereotypy; however, the addition of RC decreased the immediate engagement in stereotypy for all participants. After the withdrawal of EE plus RC, stereotypy did not immediately increase for 3 of 5 participants.</p> </sec> </abstract>