Module 4
An approach that aims to prevent errors made by the learner during the teaching process
_________ should be used when the individual engages in an undesired response.
error correction
__________ breaks complex behavior into a series of teachable components.
task analysis
Name the four verbal operants
Providing assistance following the SD to ensure your learner responds accurately is _________________.
prompting
an additional stimulus provided by the staff that increases the probability that the SD will evoke the desired response
prompt
a method of training behavior that involves presenting 2 or more antecedent stimuli, but only providing reinforcement in the presence of 1 of them
discrimination training
How many times is the Sd stated during a task analysis?
once
listener responding, motor imitation, matching to sample
Jessee is teaching her client, Joey, to receptively identify body parts on himself. She provides the SD “touch your head.” When Joey touches his head, she delivers verbal praise and a high-five. When given this instruction and Joey touches his nose, she does not deliver praise or a high-five. Jesse is conducting:
discrimination training
A type of prompt applied during the performance of the target behavior
response prompt
The most common graph RBTs will utilize is the...
line graph
Which type of chaining procedure consists of prompting each step until the final step, which the learner then completes independently?
backward chaining
"It's a car" is an example of which verbal operant?
tact
When teaching your client to match 2D identical pictures, you start by providing a hand-over-hand prompt so that they are successful. After a few sessions of this, you fade your prompt to partial physical, then to gestural, until your client is successful matching pictures without any prompting. Which intervention are you using?
prompt fading
A type of prompt applied before the performance of the target behavior
stimulus prompt
We must fade prompts in order to avoid...
prompt dependency
_______ is defined as reinforcing successive approximations to a terminal response.
shaping
"Who is that?" is an example of which verbal operant?
Mand
_______________ teaching occurs in a learner’s natural environment, using naturally occurring learning opportunities.
incidental
graduated guidance
Rotating between tasks and programs within the same teaching session is called...
distributed trial
If you were teaching a client how to brush their teeth using forward chaining, which step might you teach them first?
picking up toothbrush
The only verbal operant that results in specific reinforcement is...
mand
In a token economy, the items or activities the learner cashes in their tokens for are called...
backup reinforcers