Functional analyses are often conducted by behavior analysts to understand the environmental variables contributing to an individual’s problem behavior to better inform treatment implementation. While functional analyses are integral for designing function-based interventions, they often arrange contingencies to evoke and reinforce dangerous problem behavior. In Study 1 we reviewed 22 functional analyses with open-contingency classes including non-dangerous topographies of problem behavior and we found that participants were more likely to exhibit the non-dangerous behavior in 82% of the applications. We then conducted a single-subject comparison of closed and open-contingency classes with four additional participants in Study 2. Our results suggest that the functional analyses with the open-contingency class reduced the likelihood of observing dangerous problem behavior.

功能分析通常由行为分析师进行，以了解导致个人问题行为的环境变量，从而更好地为治疗实施提供信息。虽然功能分析对于设计基于功能的干预措施是不可或缺的，但它们通常会安排突发事件以唤起和加强危险的问题行为。在研究 1 中，我们回顾了 22 个开放应急类的功能分析，包括问题行为的非危险拓扑，我们发现参与者更有可能在 82% 的应用程序中表现出非危险行为。然后，我们对研究 2 中的另外四名参与者进行了封闭式和开放式应急课程的单受试者比较。