Reinforcement
A child is constantly crying. His mother offers him a lollipop to stop crying. The child then stops. The mother's behaviors is being impacted by this kind of consequence
What is negative reinforcement?
John used to require hand over hand prompting to brush his teeth, but now only requires visual prompts. This is an example of
What is prompt fading?
Breaking up a complex skill into smaller, teachable units.
What is task analysis?
A mother asks her son "where do you go to sleep?" The boy responds with "bed". "Bed" in this example is
What is an intraverbal?
When reinforcement is not longer provided
What is extinction?
Bob gets put in the timeout room each time he yells in the classroom. In the future the frequency of yelling increases. Timeout is functioning as
What is negative reinforcement?
Systematically and differential reinforcing successive approximations to a terminal behavior
What is Shaping?
Various methods for linking specific sequences together
What is Chaining?
A mother says "bed" her son replies "bed". In this example "bed" is
What is echoic?
During extinction, a behaviors may decrease to the point that the behavior no longer occurs. Then seemingly out of nowhere the behavior occurs.
What is spontaneous recovery?
You are teaching your dog basic commands like sit, stay, come, and give me paw. Each time he correctly displayed the command, you provide him with a treat. This increases those appropriate responses which is an example of
What is positive reinforcement?
Reinforcement is provided for correct responses and withheld for incorrect responses.
What is differential reinforcement?
The RBT completed the first 7 steps for the client and then provides prompting so the client can complete the last step of shoes tying correctly. The RBT then provide reinforcement. What type of chaining is being used
What is backward chaining?
This verbal operant is under the functional control of a verbal SD. The SD and the verbal operant have point to point correspondence and formal similarity. It results in generalized conditioned reinforcement.
What is echoic?
Masking or removing the sensory consequence
What is extinction for behaviors maintained by automatic reinforcement?
Money and Tokens are an example of what type of reinforcer
What is generalized conditioned reinforcer?
Danny plays the cello. His mother wants him to increase the amount of time he practices the cello each day. Which dimension of behaviors should be shaped
What is duration?
The client is learning to get dressed by themselves. The RBT teaches each step during each session, providing prompting for correct responding, and reinforcement after correct responding.
What is Total task Chaining?
This verbal operant is under the function control of a verbal SD. The SD and verbal operant do not have point-to-point correspondence. This operant results in generalized conditioned reinforcement.
What is Intraverbal.
Reinforcing only those responses that meet a specific criteria and withholding reinforcement from this responses that do not meet the criteria.
What is differential reinforcement?
Food and Water are a type of what kind of reinforcer
Sam wants to start eating healthier foods. He currently eats only food with high amount of sugar. He wants to have a more balanced diet. Chaining this behaviors would be shaping across which dimension of behavior
What is topography?
The learner is initially taught the first step of the skill sequence, and once that step is mastered, subsequent steps are gradually introduced.
What is forward chaining?
During mand training, a child reaches for the TV rermorte to watch his show. The BCBA grabs the remote and says "batman". The child repeats the word and says "batman". This should be used as the reinforcement.
What is turning on Batman on the TV?
When the behavior of interest does not produce the removal of an aversive stimulus.
What is extinction for behavior maintained by negative reinforcement?