FUNCTIONS
Automatic (sensory), Attention, Access, and Avoidance (Escape)
What is a motivating operation (MO)?
What is an environmental event that temporarily alters the effectiveness of a consequence as a reinforcer or punisher
reinforcing successive approximations of a behavior is....
What is shaping?
Before giving demands, this strategy helps the learner associate you with positive outcomes.
What is pairing
I make behaviors happen more often, but I'm not a bribe; I just have to be something you like! What am I?
What is a reinforcer?
A kid hits their mom when she is on the phone.
What is Attention?
What is an Abolishing Operation? (AO)
What is a type of motivating operation that decreases the effectiveness/value of a reinforcer
“This term refers to the time that passes between when a stimulus is presented and when the learner begins the target behavior.”
What is Latency?
What is the second step of instructional control?
What is be the source of FUN!
I look like play, but there’s data to take,
Trials are hidden for learning’s sake.
What am I?
What is Natural Environment Teaching?
A kid runs out of the room when given a worksheet to complete.
What is Avoidande/Escape?
What is an establishing operation (EO)?
What is a type of motivating operation that increases the value of a reinforcer
What are 3 different antecedent strategies?
premack principle, visual schedules, timers, environmental modifications, ect.
Instructional control does NOT mean...
I'm given to get you started, but if I stay too long, you won't learn to do it yourself. What am I?
What is a prompt?
A kid engages in a meltdown when another peer is playing with a toy they want.
What is Access?
Can a person be an SD, MO, or both?
What is both?
A person can simultaneously signal availability of reinforcement (SD) and increase how motivating that reinforcement is (MO)
A Fixed Ratio 1 (FR1) schedule is also known as...
What is Continuous Reinforcement?
How do you know you have gained instructional control AND why is it important?
TBD
I'm the goal of all learning – doing the same thing in different places and situations. What am I?
What is generalization?
T/F: Multiple functions of behavior can occur at the same time.
TRUE!
A single behavior can serve more than one function simultaneously. For example, a child might hit another child both to escape a demand and to gain attention.
What is the difference between a Discriminative Stimulus (SD) and a Motivating Operation? (MO)
SD indicates availability, while MO affects the value of a reinforcer
A student gets a token every time they answer a question in class, which can then be traded in for prizes. What type of reinforcement is this?
What is Positive Reinforcement?
What is the 3rd step in instructional control?
I’m a spike that scares everyone in sight,
Right before behavior loses its fight.
What am I?
What is extinction burst?