Procedures and Intervention Flashcards
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In a backward chaining procedure, instruction begins with which step?
Answer: The last step of the task analysis
Backward chaining starts training at the final step so the learner always completes the chain and contacts the natural reinforcer immediately.
Which antecedent intervention involves presenting several high-probability requests before a low-probability request to increase compliance?
Answer: Behavioral momentum
Behavioral momentum uses a sequence of easy, frequently followed requests to build compliance momentum before introducing a difficult demand.
Stimulus generalization has occurred when a learned behavior:
Answer: Occurs in the presence of novel stimuli not used during training
Stimulus generalization occurs when a response trained with one stimulus spreads to new, similar stimuli in the learner's natural environment.
In shaping, which principle determines which responses should receive reinforcement?
Answer: Successive approximations progressively closer to the target behavior are reinforced
Shaping reinforces each progressive step toward the final target, gradually raising the criterion as the learner's performance improves.
Non-contingent reinforcement (NCR) is classified as which type of behavioral intervention?
Answer: Antecedent-based intervention
NCR delivers reinforcement on a fixed-time or variable-time schedule independent of behavior, thereby reducing the motivating operation for problem behavior before it occurs.
What is the primary purpose of conducting a task analysis before implementing a chaining procedure?
Answer: To break a complex skill into discrete, teachable sequential steps
A task analysis decomposes a complex skill into ordered component steps that can each be taught and assessed individually.
Which generalization strategy involves training a behavior across many different examples, settings, people, and materials during instruction?
Answer: Multiple exemplar training
Multiple exemplar training exposes the learner to varied examples during acquisition so the behavior generalizes broadly without requiring separate generalization training.