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The B. F. Skinner Foundation sponsors this award for graduate student research. Two awards of $500 each are available.

Lesley A. Macpherson
California State University, Sacramento

A Comparison of Response Interruption and Redirection on Vocal and Motor Stereotypy

Marla D. Saltzman
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles

An Evaluation of Multiple Exemplar Training on the Emergence of Reverse Foreign-Language Intraverbals and Listener Responding

2010

2010

2012

Bryon Miller.  University of the Pacific

TITLE:  Behavioral Assessment of Physical Activity in Young Children

Full abstract.

Sean Blumberg.  University of the Pacific

The Effect of Parent Modeling on the Rate of Food Consumption in Children

2011

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2012

2013 Student Research Award Winner

Maximizing Supervisors' Efficiency: The Use of Enhanced Written Instructions to Teach Undergraduates to Implement a Stimulus Preference Assessment

Training of staff to implement preference assessments is of paramount importance because the efficacy of behavior change programs depends upon staffs' ability to identify stimuli that may function as reinforcers for individual consumers.  Thus, the purpose of my study is to replicate the methods used by Graff & Karsten (2012) and to extend and correct for the authors' self-disclosed limitation. At baseline, I will randomly assign participants to one of two baseline conditions. In the replication condition, three participants will receive Graff & Karsten's (2012) modified version of the methods section from Fisher et al. (1992). In the extension condition, I will simulate a baseline condition to approximate a real life setting (Iwata et al., 2000). Namely, the remaining three participants will receive instructions on a piece of paper that specify that they need to determine a consumer's preference. I hypothesize that participants will reach the mastery criterion independent of the type of instructions given at baseline. Results from this study may contribute to a body of scientific knowledge which can improve training and supervision procedures used in applied behavior analysis.  Full abstract.

Marnie Shapiro

California State University, Northridge