All About That Data
Records if the behavior is emitted throughout the entire interval
What is whole interval recording
Hypotheses are developed identify possible functions about the behavior. Functions include
What is attention, escape, sensory (automatic), access (tangible)
A method of teaching in which the adult uses adult-directed, massed trial instruction, reinforcers chosen for their strength and clear contingencies and repetition to teach new skills
What is discrete trial teaching (DTT)
For the purpose of teaching a student to answer when called on, the teacher most likely conduct the initial training
What is in the classroom
Putting the correct choice nearer to the child than the incorrect choice best defines ____ prompting
What is spatial/proximity prompting
Records how long an instance of behavior occurs.
What is duration
Behavior is strengthened or weakened by its consequences (True/False)
What is true
Adding a stimulus following a behavior and seeing that behavior decrease.
What is positive punishment
A stimulus that precedes the behavior and is present only if reinforcement will occur for that behavior
What is a discriminative stimulus
Pointing is
What is a gestural prompt
Data collection is important to find out (name one )
What is:
How often the behavior occurs.
How long the behavior lasts.
How forcefully the behavior is expressed.
Preference Assessments do the following (name one)
Bonus: name two for an extra 100
What is
Determine what motivates our learners.
Use items and activities within teaching to determine what to utilize as reinforcers.
Increase responding.
Environmental variables that: alter the effectiveness of stimulus, object, or event as a reinforcer, and alter the current frequency of all behavior that has been reinforced by that stimulus, object, or event
What are motivating operations (MO's)
The increased probability of a discriminated behavior in the presence of a specific stimulus (discriminative stimulus) and not in the presence of other stimuli (S–delta).
What is stimulus control
Used to encourage specific behaviors to occur
What are prompts
Measuring the result of a behavior is
What is permanent product
Sources of information used to form hypotheses about the occurrence of behavior include (name 2)
What is
Baseline data.
Interviewing significant others.
Conducting ecological or environmental assessments.
Reinforcement schedules include continuous, interval and _______ schedules
What is ratio
Consists of reinforcing a behavior in the presence of a particular stimulus and extinguishing that same behavior in the presence of another stimulus
What is discrimination training
Full physical, partial physical, verbal, gestural prompt, time-delay
What is the prompt hierarchy
Records the number of times a specific behavior occurs over a specific interval of time.
What is event/frequency recording
Behavior is largely a product of its immediate
What is environment
The cue that is present when the behavior is reinforced
What is a SD (discriminative stimulus)
Used to serve the same function as a currently existing behavior that has been determined to be inappropriate or maladaptive.
What are replacement behaviors
Larger stimuli; brighter stimuli are examples of a ____ prompt
What is visual