Error Correction
When do we use error correction?
When client does not make an appropriate/ correct response (makes error, does not respond, etc)
What does reinforcement schedule refer to?
How often we are reinforcing correct responses
Define extinction?
Decreasing a behavior by withholding reinforcement for it. Cutting off the pattern of reinforcement so that the behavior gets put on extinction and decreases.
BT Mary marks down how many times her client says a curse word in sessions. What data collection method is this?
Frequency
What is the first step of error correction?
Provide Corrective feedback
Name one reinforcement schedule
Fixed interval, Fixed ratio, Variable interval, Variable ratio
Extinction should be function based. What are the 4 fxns of behavior?
Sensory, Escape, Attention, Tangible
Penny uses a timer to collect data on how long her client takes to eat his meals. What data collection method is this?
Duration
What are some examples of "corrective feedback?"
What is the difference between variable and fixed schedules?
What is the difference between escape and avoidance?
Escape is the cessation of something that is currently happening. Avoidance is avoiding something from happening at all (Ex: opening an umbrella outside in the rain is escape, opening it before you step into the rain is avoidance)
Anna is looking at how many times her client elopes, over how long of a session occurred. What kind of data collection method is this?
Rate (Frequency/Time)
What is the second step in error correction?
Represent SD and prompt to evoke correct response. Don't repeat SD without jumping in with a prompt!
What is the difference between ratio and interval schedules?
Ratio: R+ based on number of correct responses. Interval: R+ based on time
Erik runs out of the classroom during a non-preferred activity (test). What is the hypothesized function of this behavior?
Escape
Peter is measuring how much time elapses between each response of taking a bite of food. What data collection method is this?
Inter-response time
Give one example of a prompt
Expectant pause, Gestural, Model, Visual, Indirect verbal, Direct verbal, Partial physical, Full physical
Do we start with continuous or intermittent reinforcement when first teaching skills?
Continuous
Jim engages in mouthing non-edibles at school during class, outside while playing with friends, and when no one else is around. What is the hypothesized function of this behavior?
Sensory
Lillian is documenting whether or not her client remained in their seat during the entire class period, for each class in a school day. What data collection method is this?
Whole interval data