The operant behavior of children with autism has a different governing mechanism than the behavior of children without autism.

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The operant behavior, which involves learning through the consequences of actions, is governed by the same basic principles (reinforcement, punishment) in children with autism as it is in children without autism. The difference lies in how certain stimuli and consequences are perceived and valued, not in the fundamental mechanisms of operant conditioning.

The Operant Behavior of Children with Autism Has a Different