We evaluated whether generalized conditioned reinforcers mitigate the effects of satiation with an individual with intellectual disabilities. Previous research indicates that generalized conditioned reinforcers are not sensitive to satiation effects. However, this effect has not been investigated on varying classes of backup reinforcers. First, we established a highly preferred (HP) edible as a reinforcer. Then, we provided presession access to the HP edible, and, in a multi-element comparison, the participant could either earn tokens for only the HP edible, for edibles that were similar to the HP edible, for edibles that were dissimilar to the HP edible, or earn no tokens. A decreasing trend in responding for the HP edible was observed following presession access. Furthermore, the participant completed the task at a high rate when backup reinforcers were dissimilar to the HP edible. Results suggest that varying the classes of stimuli that are used as backup reinforcers may increase the effectiveness of generalized conditioned reinforcers. Copyright (c) 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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机译：我们评估了通用条件增强剂是否减轻了对智障者的饱食感。先前的研究表明，广义的条件增强剂对饱和效应不敏感。但是，尚未对不同种类的后备加强件研究这种效果。首先，我们建立了高度首选的（HP）食用增强剂。然后，我们提供了对HP食用品的会前访问权限，并且在多元素比较中，参与者可以仅针对HP食用品，与HP食用品相似的食用品以及与HP食用品不同的食用品赚取代币。可食用，或不赚代币。在使用前，观察到对HP食用食品的响应呈下降趋势。此外，当备用补强剂与HP食用食品不同时，参与者可以较高的速度完成任务。结果表明，改变用作备用增强器的刺激类别可能会提高广义条件增强器的有效性。版权所有（c）2015 John Wiley＆Sons，Ltd.
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