Evaluation of a shaping procedure with the changing-criterion design

✍ Scribed by Mary L. Osborne; Bill Himadi

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 446 KB
• Volume: 5
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1072-0847
• DOI: 10.1002/bin.2360050202

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

This study used the changing‐criterion design to document the effectiveness of a behavioral training package to alter the topography of a complex behavior. In this case, bed‐making was established for a severely debilitated adult mental patient who was chronically institutionalized. Experimental control was demonstrated by a step‐wise progression in performance to the final target behavior. The changing‐criterion design provides an effective record of the shaping process and is sufficiently flexible for other single‐subject design elements to be included.