Reinforcement / Punishment
Creates an increase in behavior
What is a reinforcer.
This term is when you count or tally a behavior during a set amount of time.
A stimulus in the presence of which responses of some type have been reinforced and in the absence of which the same type of responses have occurred and not been reinforced.
What is an SD or discrimanitive stimulus.
Visual, verbal, gestural, modeling, partial physical, and full physical make up this.
What is the prompt hierarchy.
Oversight by a qualified behavior analyst, Ongoing assessment of skills, Goals focused on communication, social ability, self-care, play/leisure, motor, academics, Goals are centered on promoting independence, Plans/skills are broken down into manageable steps are all part of this.
What is "intervention".
It is best practice to include this procedure/aspect in behavior plans.
What is "reinforcement"
Crying and episodes of noncompliance can be measured using this.
What is "duration measurement"
The SD ----- Response ------ Consequence are part of this.
What is a 3 term contingency.
It is important to do fade prompts gradually so that learners will become this.
What is independent.
Behaivors that interfere with self or others well being, learning, satisfaction, or progress.
What are behaviors targeted for reduction.
Taking something away to increase a behavior is known as this.
The start and finish of an activity is considered this.
What is "task completion".
This is a specific procedure utilized when a student identifies the incorrect answer or does not respond.
What is error correction.
This procedure allows more time to pass between the instruction and the prompt
What is a "time delay".
“______ is an evidenced based method of examining and changing what people (and other living creatures) say and do”. (Mayer et. al 2012. pg. 4)
ABA
Contingent exercise and overcorrection are forms of this.
What is "punishment".
This is the duration between the end of the direction and when the person begins
to comply
What is "latency"
Seated with feet on the floor, chair pushed in, and facing the table is considered this state.
What is "ready to learn".
Nonverbal, patterns, and undesired feedback as all considered this.
What is "inadvertent prompts".
The process by which a behavior is selected, monitored, changed, and generalized.
What is the analytic process.
Undesireable modeling and escape avoidance are considered to be to forms of this.
What is a "side effect of punishment".
This is the dotted line use to denote change on a graph.
The number of independent correct responses over a number of days to consider a target learned is known as this.
What is "mastery criteria".
This procedure allows the student to respond to an SD with the correct response and decreases the opportunity for maladaptive behaviors.
What is "prompting"
Academics, Technical skills, Professional/Job Skills, Organization and Self Care.
What are behaviors that can be taught.