Reinforcement and Punishment
A presentation of a stimulus that increases the likelihood of that behavior occurring under the same or similar conditions in the future
What is positive reinforcement?
ABA
What is applied behavior analysis?
This prompt hierarchy includes gradually increasing the level of assistance
What is least to most prompting?
When someone asks for something they want or need
What is a mand?
A method used to build a positive relationship between a therapist and a client (aimed to make YOU a conditioned reinforcer)
What is pairing?
A presentation of a stimulus that decreases the likelihood of that behavior occurring under the same or similar conditions in the future
What is positive punishment?
AVB
What is applied verbal behavior?
This prompt hierarchy includes systematically decreasing the level of assistance
What is most to least prompting?
A form of verbal behavior that involves identifying or commenting on something that is seen, heard, smelled, or felt
What is a tact?
Teaching process where the learner completes only the first step of the task analysis and access to reinforcement is dependent on independent completion of that step
What is forward chaining?
A removal of a stimulus that increases the likelihood of that behavior occurring under the same or similar conditions in the future
What is negative reinforcement?
FCR
What is functional communication response?
This is the process of breaking a complex skill or series of behaviors into smaller, teachable units
What is a task analysis?
A method of teaching language that focuses on the idea that a word's meaning is found in its functions
What is verbal behavior?
When a skill is learned in one environment and can then be observed across new and different environments or situations
What is generalization?
A removal of a stimulus that decreases the likelihood of that behavior occurring under the same or similar conditions in the future
What is negative punishment?
SBT
What is skill-based treatment?
This strategy involves differential reinforcement of successive approximations to a terminal behavior
What is shaping?
A form of verbal behavior where the speaker repeats the same sound or word that was said by another person
What is an echoic?
When an individual shows interest in an item, activity, interaction, etc
What is an indicating response?
The selective reinforcement of desired behaviors while withholding reinforcement for other, undesired behaviors
What is differential reinforcement?
SD
What is a discriminative stimulus?
The shift in control of a behavior from one stimulus to another
What is stimulus control transfer?
A type of verbal behavior that involves responding to another person's verbal behavior without a direct stimulus
What is an intraverbal?
Something that you do to test a skill without prompting to see where the individual's performance is without assistance
What is a cold probe?