Skill Acquistion
What is it called when you are reinforcing a behavior in the presence of one stimulus but not others?
Discrimination Training
What type of Chaining involves teaching the last step first?
Backward
This procedure decreases the frequency of a behavior by withholding the reinforcement that previously maintained it.
Extinction
What are the differential reinforcement procedures? Explain.
DRI
DRA
DRO
DRH
DRL
During play, the client reaches for bubbles and vocalizes "buh!" You pause and say, "Bubbles?" The client repeats "bubbles," so you blow the bubbles. What teaching strategy is this?
NET
What is Stimulus Control Transfer?
Changing the cue (ex. Moving from a partial physical prompt to a gestural prompt).
What are the techniques in which prompts are discontinued once the target behavior is being displayed in the presence of the SD called?
Stimulus Control Transfer
What describes what the behavior of interest looks like in a way that is observable, measurable, and repeatable?
Operational Definition of Behavior
How do you implement extinction?
Withhold reinforcement from a previously reinforced behavior.
A client screams to access the iPad. The BCBA instructs you not to give the iPad for screaming, but to immediately provide the iPad when the client asks using their AAC device. What procedure is this?
Extinction
What is the method of teaching using a very personalized approach, which allows the client's daily activities and routines to dictate how and where the therapist works with the child called?
Naturalistic Environmental Training (NET)
What type of Chaining involves teaching the steps in order, using the very first step first?
Forward
What are the 4 functions of behavior?
Sensory
Escape
Attention
Tangible
What is extinction burst?
A temporary increase in the rate and intensity of a target behavior when extinction is first used.
During snack time, the client grabs the cookie bag. You hold it up and wait. The client vocalizes "coo," and you immediately give a cookie. What is this?
Manding/Mand training
What is it referred to as when you are breaking the skill down into very specific steps to create manageable steps?
Task Analysis
What is it referring to when a client applies something learned in a specific situation to situations that might be similar?
Generalization
What are some continuous measurement types?
Frequency
Duration
Latency
Interresponse Time
What is spontaneous recovery?
The target behavior reappears after it has decreased or has become extinguished.If not reinforced, it will go back on extinction.
A client can identify "shoe" with their therapist but not with their mom. What does this show a lack of?
Generalization
What are the different types of Chaining?
Forward, Backward, and Total Task
What is it referring to when there is a continued use of a trained behavior over time, after the direct intervention period has ended?
Maintenance
What are some discontinuous measurement types?
Partial Interval Recording
Whole Interval
Momentary Time Sampling
Give me an example of response blocking?
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A BCBA sets a timer for 2 minutes. If the client goes the full two minutes in the absence of hitting, they get to pick a preferred activity. What is this?
DRO