Date of Award
6-2018
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Dr. Richard W. Malott
Second Advisor
Dr. Jessica Frieder
Third Advisor
Dr. Steve Ragotzy
Fourth Advisor
Dr. Carmen Jonaitis
Keywords
Autism, matching-to-sample, discrimination, behavior analysis, conditional discrimination
Abstract
Matching-to-sample is a basic procedure used in most programs for pre-school children with autism. However, a few children fail to acquire this skill with standard matching-to-sample procedures. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to evaluate an alternative method for teaching matching-to-sample to those children when the traditional methods are likely to fail. First, simple discriminations with the matching materials were taught, then the discriminations were made more complex across successive sessions. Initially, all discriminations were taught using bins to separate the comparison stimuli. All three children acquired matching-to-sample, which generalized to matching novel two-dimensional stimuli, not placed in bins.
Access Setting
Dissertation-Open Access
Recommended Citation
Michelin, Blaire E., "Teaching Matching-to-Sample to Low-Performing Children with Autism" (2018). Dissertations. 3295.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/dissertations/3295
Included in
Child Psychology Commons, Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Developmental Psychology Commons