2016 Volume 40 Issue 1 Pages 209-222
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of interspersal procedure from the aspect of behavioral momentum, on learning kanji writing by 3 children with autism spectrum disorders. By setting up the conditions of the interspersing brief maintenance tasks and the interspersing lengthy maintenance tasks, the dependent variables were measured as acquiring target tasks, occurrence of escaping behavior, and the rates of reinforcement per a minute. The results were higher rates of reinforcement per a minute, enhanced the acquisition of target tasks, and the lower trend of occurrence of escaping behavior. The results were considered as the increased in density of the response class of the compliance enhanced engagement of tasks at working target tasks. That advocates the hypothesis of the interspersal procedure is concerned with behavioral momentum as the mechanism of those effects.
