Reinforcement Contingency Learning in Children with ADHD: Back to the Basics of Behavior Therapy.

ABSTRACT: Reinforcement deficits in ADHD may affect basic operant learning processes relevant for Behavioral Treatment. Behavior acquired under partial reinforcement extinguishes less readily after the discontinuation of reinforcement than behavior acquired under continuous reinforcement, a phenomenon known as the Partial Reinforcement Extinction Effect [PREE], which has great relevance for the emergence of behavioral persistence. The present study examined acquisition and extinction of operant responding under partial and continuous reinforcement in children with and without ADHD. In addition, we evaluated the effectiveness of gradual stretching the reinforcement rate during acquisition for remedying potential acquisition or extinction deficits under partial reinforcement in ADHD. In an operant lea

SUBMITTER: De Meyer H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6842356 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature