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Hamlet CC, Axelrod S, Kuerschner S. Eye contact as an antecedent to compliant behavior. J Appl Behav Anal. 1984;17(4):553-7doi: 10.1901/jaba.1984.17-553.
Hamlet, C. C., Axelrod, S., & Kuerschner, S. (1984). Eye contact as an antecedent to compliant behavior. Journal of applied behavior analysis, 17(4), 553-7. https://doi.org/10.1901/jaba.1984.17-553
Hamlet, C C, et al. "Eye contact as an antecedent to compliant behavior." Journal of applied behavior analysis vol. 17,4 (1984): 553-7. doi: https://doi.org/10.1901/jaba.1984.17-553
Hamlet CC, Axelrod S, Kuerschner S. Eye contact as an antecedent to compliant behavior. J Appl Behav Anal. 1984;17(4):553-7. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1984.17-553. PMID: 16795682; PMCID: PMC1307977.
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J Appl Behav Anal. 1984;17(4):553-7. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1984.17-553.

Eye contact as an antecedent to compliant behavior.

Journal of applied behavior analysis

C C Hamlet, S Axelrod, S Kuerschner

Affiliations

  1. Glassboro State College.

PMID: 16795682 PMCID: PMC1307977 DOI: 10.1901/jaba.1984.17-553

Abstract

Many experimenters and practitioners regard eye contact between instructor and learner as a facilitator, if not a prerequisite, to the effective instruction of sighted people. Without scientifically supporting the practice of demanding eye contact, experimenters, nonetheless, advocate its use and offer a variety of procedures to promote its acquisition. To justify the widespread use of demanded eye contact and to explain its role functionally, one experiment and data from six replications with nine subjects are presented. The primary experiment provides an empirical base for the training of eye contact prior to instruction. In a multiple-baseline design across two students demanded eye contact resulted in levels of compliance that were double and triple those of baseline. A tentative functional analysis of demanded eye contact is presented, followed by a discussion of the relationship of eye contact to attending.

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