ABA Skill Acquisition and Teaching Procedures 2

Question 1

Shaping involves reinforcing:

Accepted Answer

Successive approximations toward the target behavior

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Only the exact target behavior from the start

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Any behavior that occurs after the SD

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The absence of competing behaviors

Question 2

Which teaching arrangement uses naturally occurring opportunities distributed throughout the day rather than massed trials?

Accepted Answer

Naturalistic teaching (incidental teaching)

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Discrete trial training

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Direct instruction

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Error correction

Question 3

What is the main difference between massed practice and distributed practice?

Accepted Answer

Massed practice runs many trials back-to-back; distributed practice spaces trials across time

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Massed practice uses longer intervals; distributed uses shorter ones

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Massed practice involves multiple behaviors; distributed focuses on one

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Massed practice is used only for maintenance; distributed is for acquisition

Question 4

A token economy uses tokens as:

Accepted Answer

Conditioned generalized reinforcers exchangeable for backup reinforcers

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Unconditioned reinforcers delivered immediately

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Aversive stimuli contingent on problem behavior

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Natural consequences of target behaviors

Question 5

Stimulus control refers to:

Accepted Answer

A behavior occurring more frequently in the presence of a specific antecedent stimulus

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The suppression of behavior by a punishing stimulus

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The reinforcement of behavior across all conditions

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The physical guidance used to prompt a response

Question 6

What is errorless teaching designed to prevent?

Accepted Answer

Learner errors during acquisition of new skills

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Reinforcement of correct responses

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Generalization of skills to new settings

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Prompt dependency in advanced learners