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Covariation between bizarre and nonbizarre speech as a function of the content of verbal attention
Iser G DeLeon1, Kristie L Arnold, Vanessa Rodriguez-Catter
1Neurobehavioral Unit, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA. deleon@kennedykrieger.org
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
|May 2, 2003
Abstract:
A functional analysis suggested that the bizarre speech of an individual with developmental disabilities was maintained by attention. The content of verbal attention was manipulated in two subsequent analyses and revealed that (a) bizarre speech was more frequent when attention was related to the participant's bizarre speech and (b) the participant's statements tended to reflect the content of the therapist's attention, whether bizarre or nonbizarre.