Search Results - "Graff, Richard"

Stability of preference and reinforcing efficacy of edible, leisure, and social attention stimuli by Butler, Courtney, Graff, Richard B.

“…Behavior analysts have developed an extensive technology of assessing preferences, but little research has evaluated the extent to which preferences change…”
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EVALUATION OF A SELF-INSTRUCTION PACKAGE FOR CONDUCTING STIMULUS PREFERENCE ASSESSMENTS by Graff, Richard B., Karsten, Amanda M.

“…Research suggests that inexperienced individuals cannot accurately implement stimulus preference assessments given written instructions alone. Training that…”
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Measuring performance of US homeownership policies past and present by Graff, Richard A

“…Purpose The past century and a quarter can be divided into three successive eras for homeownership policy characterization. For the first four decades, the…”
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Foreclosure loss severity and distressed home mortgage refinance by Graff, Richard A.

“…Purpose The problem in alleviating homeowner mortgage distress through refinance is how to achieve meaningful alleviation without prospectively harming the…”
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Further evaluation of the use of preference categories to identify novel reinforcers: A systematic replication by Livingston, Christina E., Graff, Richard B.

“…Preference assessments are frequently used to identify reinforcers for individuals with autism spectrum disorder and intellectual and developmental…”
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A Further Evaluation of Choice of Task Sequence by Kautz, Madeleine E., DeBar, Ruth M., Vladescu, Jason C., Graff, Richard B.

“…Although choice of task has been effective in reducing noncompliance, it may provide an opportunity to escape from less-preferred tasks. We used a reversal…”
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Assessing Preferences of Individuals With Developmental Disabilities: A Survey of Current Practices by Graff, Richard B., Karsten, Amanda M.

“…Although professionals working with individuals with developmental disabilities have much to gain from using systematic methods of reinforcer identification,…”
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Increasing the efficiency of paired-stimulus preference assessments by identifying categories of preference by Ciccone, Francis J., Graff, Richard B., Ahearn, William H.

“…A paired‐stimulus preference assessment was conducted for 6 individuals with developmental disabilities. We selected stimuli that were representatives of 4…”
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A new generation of non-debt fixed-income finance by Graff, Richard A

“…Purpose – The development of standardized fixed-income securities and organized secondary markets in which to price and trade the securities is a widely…”
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The Relation Between Obtained Preference Value and Reinforcer Potency by Graff, Richard B., Larsen, Jillian

“…Stimulus preference assessments often include items suspected to be highly preferred. If only high‐preference stimuli are assessed, preference hierarchies may…”
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Evaluating pictorial preference assessment: The effect of differential outcomes on preference assessment results by Groskreutz, Mark P., Graff, Richard B.

“…Three formats for assessing preferences were examined, tangible, pictorial with access, and pictorial without access. Reinforcer assessments were conducted to…”
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Further evaluation of the effects of motivating operations on preference assessment outcomes by Chappell, Nick, Graff, Richard B., Libby, Myrna E., Ahearn, William H.

“…The abative effects of a 10-min period of free access to a participant's most preferred edible on preference assessment outcomes was examined using a…”
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ASSESSING OBJECT-TO-PICTURE AND PICTURE-TO-OBJECT MATCHING AS PREREQUISITE SKILLS FOR PICTORIAL PREFERENCE ASSESSMENTS by Clevenger, Theresa M., Graff, Richard B.

“…Tangible and pictorial paired‐stimulus (PPS) preference assessments were compared for 6 individuals with developmental disabilities. During tangible and PPS…”
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Effect of choice of task sequence on responding by Smeltzer, Sherry Stayer, Graff, Richard B., Ahearn, William H., Libby, Myrna E.

“…Choice between alternative response options has received much attention in both basic and applied research. However, there is limited study on the effects of…”
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Securitization Demystified by Graff, Richard A.

“…The concept of securitization can be standardized by focusing on its effect on investment characteristics rather than its effect on assets. The effect on…”
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Long-term stability of edible preferences in individuals with developmental disabilities by Ciccone, Francis J., Graff, Richard B., Ahearn, William H.

“…Multiple stimulus without replacement (MSWO) preference assessments were used to examine the stability of preference hierarchies in eight individuals with…”
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Two methods for teaching simple visual discriminations to learners with severe disabilities by Graff, Richard B, Green, Gina

“…Simple discriminations are involved in many functional skills; additionally, they are components of conditional discriminations (identity and arbitrary…”
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Using Pictures to Assess Reinforcers in Individuals With Developmental Disabilities by Graff, Richard B., Gibson, Lenwood

“…Tangible preference assessments were compared with pictorial preference assessments for 4 individuals with developmental disabilities. In the tangible…”
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THE IMPACT OF HIGH- AND LOW-PREFERENCE STIMULI ON VOCATIONAL AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCES OF YOUTHS WITH SEVERE DISABILITIES by Graff, Richard B., Gibson, Lenwood, Galiatsatos, G. Tracey

“…Pictorial and tangible paired‐stimulus preference assessments were compared with 4 adolescents with developmental disabilities. In the tangible assessment, two…”
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Real estate is not normal: A fresh look at real estate return distributions by Young, Michael S., Graff, Richard A.

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