The Effects of Rationales, Differential Reinforcement, and a Guided Compliance Procedure to Increase Compliance Among Preschool Children

2012

Previous research suggests that rationales, or statements describing why a child should comply with a caregiver-delivered instruction, are ineffective at increasing compliance. In the current study, we compared the effects of rationales to a differential reinforcement procedure and a guided compliance procedure. The results indicated that rationales and differential reinforcement were ineffective for both participants; the guided compliance procedure increased compliance for these children. Problem behavior varied within and across conditions, but was generally higher during the rationales and guided compliance conditions.

preschool children, child care services, child psychology, caregivers, medical care

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