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Project Element	Element Description
Project Title Project Title	Evaluating the effects of isolated reinforcers on skill acquisition
Principal Investigator Principal Investigator	Graff, Richard
Description Description	This research is designed to evaluate the role of motivating operations on the rate of skill acquisition. Little research has been done on whether or not faster learning occurs when a reinforcer has been isolated for teaching a specific skill. The purpose of the current study is to determine whether deprivation of a preferred item will increase the rate of acquisition when compared to the acquisition rate when an individual has free access to a reinforcer. Preliminary results demonstrated that relative states of deprivation were associated with faster acquisition of simple discriminations. Preliminary findings resented at BABAT 2015.
Funder Funder	The New England Center for Children
Funding Country Funding Country	United States
Fiscal Year Funding Fiscal Year Funding	5750
Current Award Period Current Award Period	2014-2017
Strategic Plan Question Strategic Plan Question	Question 4: Which Treatments and Interventions Will Help?
Funder’s Project Link Funder’s Project Link	No URL available.
Institution Institution	The New England Center for Children
Institute Location Institute Location	United States
Project Number Project Number
Government or Private Government or Private	Private
History/Related Projects History/Related Projects	Evaluating the effects of isolated reinforcers on skill acquisition \| 2217 \| 2014 \| Evaluating the effects of isolated reinforcers on skill acquisition \| 5641 \| 2015 \| Evaluating the effects of isolated reinforcers on skill acquisition \| 2625 \| 2017 \|

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