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ArticleJournal of applied behavior analysis2026

A translational approach to investigating the effects of consequence-based procedural fidelity errors postmastery.

Lea Jones, Denys Brand, Joshua Bensemann, Megan R Heinicke, Becky Penrod, Sydney Burlison

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Article in Journal of applied behavior analysis, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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6 authors.

Lea JonesPsychology Department, California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, USA.
Denys BrandPsychology Department, California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8596-1975
Joshua BensemannSchool of Computer Science, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1301-4861
Megan R HeinickePsychology Department, California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9747-375X
Becky PenrodPsychology Department, California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2056-3842
Sydney BurlisonPsychology Department, California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, USA.

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Abstract

Procedural fidelity is the extent to which prescribed protocols are accurately and correctly implemented. Prior researchers found that consequence-based procedural fidelity errors can delay or impede learning, but not much is known about how they influence performance for tasks that have previously been mastered. The purpose of this study was to systematically replicate Falakfarsa et al. (2023) to further investigate how consequence-based errors affect performance postmastery. Twenty-four undergraduates mastered a computerized match-to-sample task under conditions of perfect fidelity (100%). Following mastery, consequence-based errors were introduced across varying levels of fidelity. For 13 participants, we observed decreased percentage of correct responses on the task in the presence of errors, with considerable intersubject variability. No effect of the independent variable was observed for 11 participants. The results suggest that error reinforcement was the more detrimental error type. We discuss the implications of the results and make several suggestions for future research.

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LearningReinforcement, PsychologyAdolescentAdultFemaleHumansMaleYoung Adultconditional discriminationserror reinforcementparametric analysisprocedural fidelity

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PMID41148122
PMCPMC13500356

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