可变时间表可以防止在非随机增强过程中忠实度错误的影响
Stephanie H Jones1, Michael Catalano1, Sofia Abuin1
1Department of Psychology, Salve Regina University, Newport, RI, USA.
Journal of applied behavior analysis
|October 1, 2025
概括
当执行不一致时,非随机增强 (NCR) 的可变时间表比固定时间表更有效. 这一发现对于改善行为干预措施至关重要.
科学领域:
- 行为心理学 行为心理学
- 应用行为分析应用行为分析.
背景情况:
- 非条件增强 (NCR) 涉及在基于时间的时间表上提供增强剂,独立于目标行为.
- 不一致地实施NCR,特别是固定时间 (FT) 时间表,可能会导致效率下降.
- 以前的研究表明,NCR实施中的忠实性错误会对治疗结果产生负面影响.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较使用固定时间 (FT) 与可变时间 (VT) 时间表的降低忠实度非随机增强 (NCR) 的疗效.
- 评估FT和VT时间表之间的参与者在降低忠诚度NCR条件下响应的差异.
- 评估时间表类型对执行不完善时NCR有效性的影响.
主要方法:
- 人操作评估使用计算机点击作为响应的衡量标准进行.
- 参与者被随机分配到与FT或VT时间表相似的NCR体验.
- 采用了ABAC设计,每个参与者都经历了基线,全真度NCR和低真度NCR.
主要成果:
- 全真实性NCR在抑制FT和VT时间表的目标行为方面表现出类似的有效性.
- 与VT时间表相比,与FT时间表相比,VT时间表的降低忠实度NCR导致目标行为的明显更好的抑制 (p = .01).
- 这表明VT日程表比FT日程表更耐受实施错误.
结论:
- 与固定时间 (FT) 计划相比,可变时间 (VT) 计划可能更适应非随机增强 (NCR) 中的实现忠实性错误.
- 这些发现对研究人员和从业人员对NCR的实际应用有影响,特别是在确保治疗有效性方面,尽管存在潜在的不一致性.
- 该研究强调了在实施NCR时考虑计划类型的重要性,以最大限度地提高治疗结果.
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