Table 3. The Conditional Probabilities of Children's Responses to Different Types of Teacher Instructions (the Numbers in Parentheses Depict the Overall Number of Instances Recorded).
Conditional probability of: | Given a directive “do” (940) | Given a directive “don't” (7) | Given an integral directive (373) | Given a deficient directive (569) | Given an embedded directive (5) |
Compliance (646) | 68% (642) | 57% (4) | 87% (323) | 56% (318) | 100% (5) |
Noncompliance (301) | 32% (298) | 43% (3) | 13% (50) | 44% (251) | 0% (0) |
Problem behavior or active avoidance (15) | 1% (12) | 43% (3) | 1% (3) | 2% (12) | 0% (0) |