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AN EVALUATION OF THE VALUE OF CHOICE WITH PRESCHOOL CHILDREN

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Tiger, Jeffrey H., Hanley, Gregory P., Hernandez, Emma·2006·Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
DOI 10.1901/jaba.2006.158-04PMC PMC1389599
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The current study examined the reinforcing effects of choosing among alternatives in a four‐part evaluation. In the first study, initial‐link responses in a concurrent‐chains arrangement resulted in access to terminal links in which the completion of an academic task resulted in (a) the choice of a reinforcer (choice), (b) the delivery of an identical reinforcer (no choice), or (c) no material reinforcer (control). Three patterns of responding emerged: persistent preference for choice (3 participants); initial preference for choice, which did not persist (2 participants); and preference for no choice (1 participant). Additional evaluations determined if preference for choice could be enhanced (Study 2) or established (Study 3) by including more stimuli from which to choose. Choice‐link selections systematically increased for all participants when more items were available from which to choose. Study 4 identified the precise value of the opportunity to choose by progressively increasing the response requirement during the choice terminal links for 3 children and determining the point at which these children stopped selecting the choice link. All children continued to select the choice link even when the work required in the choice link was much greater than that arranged in the no‐choice link.

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  • Humans and other animals prefer an option leading to a choice over an option that does not, even if the choice option results in greater effort or work, suggesting an inherent reward with the exercise of control.

    “Studies with both humans (Tiger, Hanley, & Hernandez, 2006) and other animals (Catania, 1975;Catania & Sagvolden, 1980;Voss & Homzie, 1970) have shown that both prefer an option leading to a choice than an option that does not, even if this option results in greater effort or worksuggesting the existence of an inherent reward with the exercise of control (Karsh & Eitam, 2015;Leotti & Delgado, 2011”

    From Optimizing performance through intrinsic motivation and attention for learning: The OPTIMAL theory of motor learning (2016) · cites this paper as Tiger, Hanley, & Hernandez, 2006

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Authors
Tiger, J. H., Hanley, G. P., & Hernandez, E.
Affiliations
University of Kansas (US)
Corresponding author
Hanley, Gregory P.
ORCID
Tiger, Jeffrey H.
Venue
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2006-03
Volume
39
Issue
1
Pages
1-16
ISSN
  • 0021-8855 (ISSN-L)
  • 1938-3703
DOI
10.1901/jaba.2006.158-04
PMC
PMC1389599
OpenAlex
W2122422450
Cited by
119
References
18
Citations by year
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FWCI
5.64
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor, 2555 d)
Locations
  • Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Behavioral and Psychological Studies
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › General Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
  • Social Sciences › Education › Early Childhood Education and Development
Keywords
choice, preschool children, reinforcer preference, concurrent chains, response requirement, academic task completion
MeSH terms
Child Behavior, Child, Preschool, Choice Behavior, Female, Humans, Male, Reinforcement, Psychology, Social Behavior

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