• Arv og miljø i stadig endring 

      Holth, Per (Chronicle, 2010)
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    • Behandling basert på kunnskap 

      Holth, Per (Chronicle, 2009)
      I løpet av de siste ukene har TV2 vist to programmer i serien Dokument2 om behandling som påstås å ha oppsiktsvekkende resultater, men som likevel ikke tilbys i særlig utstrekning i Norge. Det første (vist 21/10-09) omhandlet ...
    • Blocking of Stimulus Control and Conditioned Reinforcement 

      Vandbakk, Monica; Olaff, Heidi Skorge; Holth, Per (Psychological Record;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-03-31)
      Stimuli with no specific biological relevance for the organism can acquire multiple functions through conditioning procedures. Conditioning procedures involving compound stimuli sometimes result in blocking, related to the ...
    • Blocking of Stimulus Control in Children with Autism 

      Olaff, Heidi Skorge; Vandbakk, Monica; Holth, Per (The Psychological Record;Volume 72, issue 2, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The present study aimed to investigate the blocking of stimulus control in three children with autism. We used a go/no-go procedure in a standard blocking paradigm. In Phase 1, we established one of two sounds or colored ...
    • Conditioned Reinforcement: the Effectiveness of Stimulus—Stimulus Pairing and Operant Discrimination Procedures 

      Vandbakk, Monica; Olaff, Heidi Skorge; Holth, Per (The Psychological Record;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-09-12)
      The purpose of the present experiment was to evaluate which method, stimulus – stimulus pairing or operant discrimination training, establishes neutral stimuli as more effective conditioned reinforcers, and to explore ...
    • The Creative Porpoise Revisited 

      Holth, Per (European Journal of Behavior Analysis;13 (1), Academic article, 2012)
      The sources of novel behavior and behavioral variability is an important issue in behavior analysis for theoretical as well as for practical reasons. "The Creative Porpoise" study by Pryor, Haag, and O`Reilly from 1969 has ...
    • A critical review of the support for variability as an operant dimension 

      Nergaard, Siv Kristin; Holth, Per (Perspectives on Behavior Science;43 (3), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-07-27)
      There is abundant evidence that behavioral variability is more predominant when reinforcement is contingent on it than when it is not, and the interpretation of direct reinforcement of variability suggested by Page and ...
    • The emergence of bidirectional naming through sequential operant instruction following the establishment of conditioned social reinforcers 

      Olaff, Heidi Skorge; Holth, Per (The Analysis of Verbal Behavior;36, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Bidirectional naming (BiN) is the integration of speaker and listener responses, reinforced by social consequences. Unfortunately, these consequences often do not function as reinforcers for behavior in children with autism. ...
    • Fellesoppmerksomhet og kilder til ny atferd 

      Holth, Per (Norsk Tidsskrift for Atferdsanalyse;39 (2), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      Fellesoppmerksomhet innebærer en synkronisering av oppmerksomhet hos to eller flere individer mot noe i omgivelsene. Forskning på dette feltet startet innenfor kognitiv utviklingspsykologi på 1970-tallet. Denne forskningen ...
    • Levels of Selection: A Place for Cultural Selection. 

      Holth, Per (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Skinner discussed the principle of “selection by consequences” as a causal mode at three different levels: (i) phylogeny, (ii) ontogeny, and (iii) culture. After many decades of vigorous resistance, following the ...
    • Læringsbasert rusbehandling 

      Holth, Per (Tidsskrift for Norsk psykologforening, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2008)
      Learning-based treatment of alcohol and drug abuse Scientific evidence supports the conclusion that reinforcement is crucial in the development and maintenance of substance abuse,as well as its remission. This article reviews ...
    • Murray Sidman: A Life of Giving 

      Johnson, Cammarie; Iversen, Iver H.; Kenyon, Paula; Holth, Per; de Souza, Deisy das Graças (Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-05-12)
      Murray Sidman's contributions to the science of behavior span many areas including avoidance behavior, coercion and its effects, stimulus control, errorless learning, programmed learning, stimulus equivalence, and ...
    • Rusbehandling til moralsk forargelse 

      Holth, Per (Chronicle, 2010)
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