Verbal Operants
This verbal operant is controlled by motivation and results in getting what the learner wants.
What is a mand?
This teaching strategy involves providing immediate reinforcement to strengthen a response.
What is reinforcement?
Attention, Escape, Tangible, Sensory
What are the 4 main functions of behavior?
A student says “water” because they are thirsty and receives water.
What is a mand?
This type of data measures how many times a behavior occurs.
What is frequency?
This verbal operant is evoked by a nonverbal stimulus and maintained by social reinforcement.
What is a tact?
This strategy involves providing assistance to help a learner respond correctly.
What is prompting?
This intervention focuses on teaching communication to replace problem behavior
What is Functional Communication Training (FCT)?
A teacher holds up a ball and the student says “ball,” receiving praise.
What is a tact?
This type of data measures how long a behavior lasts.
What is duration?
This verbal operant involves repeating what is heard with point-to-point correspondence.
What is an echoic?
To increase the likelihood of a behavior occurring again
What is the purpose of reinforcement in teaching?
This function occurs when behavior is maintained by internal stimulation.
What is automatic (sensory) reinforcement?
A teacher says “say cookie” and the student repeats “cookie.”
What is an echoic?
This type of data measures the time between an instruction and the student’s response.
What is latency?
This verbal operant is typically the first one taught because it is directly reinforced.
What is a mand?
This strategy involves gradually removing prompts to increase independence.
What is fading?
In FCT, the replacement behavior must serve the same ______ as the problem behavior.
What is function?
A teacher asks “What do you eat for breakfast?” and the student says “cereal.”
What is an intraverbal?
This type of data records whether a behavior occurred or did not occur during a specific interval.
What is interval recording? (partial or whole acceptable)
This verbal operant is controlled by verbal stimuli but does not have point-to-point correspondence.
What is an intraverbal?
This teaching approach minimizes errors by using high levels of prompting early on.
What is errorless learning?
This intervention teaches a communication response to replace problem behavior.
What is Functional Communication Training (FCT)?
A student cries and is removed from a difficult task.
What is escape-maintained behavior?
This type of data tracks how many responses occur within a specific amount of time.
What is rate?