Date of Award
8-1986
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Dr. Alan D. Poling
Second Advisor
Dr. Jack Michael
Third Advisor
Dr. David Lyon
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
Past research on adjunctive behavior in humans has generally not employed methods which are comparable to those included in studies of adjunctive behavior in nonhumans. Consequently, the results of these studies of adjunctive behavior in nonhumans. Consequently, the results of these studies are often difficult to interpret. The present study examined locomotor movement and salient self-stimulatory behaviors in two developmentally disabled students exposed to four fixed-interval (FI) schedules of food delivery (FI 16-, 60-, 120-, and 240-sec). Results of this study were analyzed according to whether the seven defining characteristics of the prototype of adjunctive behavior, polydipsia, were present. Locomotor movement and nut manipulation evidenced several of the defining characteristics. Characteristics of self-stimulatory behaviors of both subjects were similar to those of schedule-induced polydipsia under some schedules but different under other schedules.
Recommended Citation
Brhely, Nancy K., "An Analysis of Potential Adjunctive Behavior in Two Developmentally Disabled Subjects" (1986). Masters Theses. 1306.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/1306