THE RELATIONSHIP OF SELF‐STIMULATION TO LEARNING IN AUTISTIC CHILDREN1
- 1 December 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
- Vol. 5 (4) , 381-387
- https://doi.org/10.1901/jaba.1972.5-381
Abstract
The acquisition of discriminative behavior was studied in three autistic children with high‐frequency self‐stimulatory behavior. It was found that: (a) the children did not acquire the discrimination while engaged in self‐stimulation; (b) suppression of self‐stimulation produced an increase in correct responding, with eventual acquisition of the discrimination; (c) successful discrimination learning was always associated with a reduction in self‐stimulatory behavior, even when aversive stimuli were not used for suppression.Keywords
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