Is reinforcement necessary for the development of a generalized imitation operant in severely and profoundly retarded children?

MeSH terms

• Attention
• Child
• Conditioning, Operant
• Cues
• Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities*
• Extinction, Psychological
• Generalization, Psychological
• Humans
• Imitative Behavior*
• Intellectual Disability
• Kinesthesis
• Male
• Motor Activity
• Reinforcement, Psychology*
• Task Performance and Analysis