Skill Acquisition Programming Flashcards
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Teaching a skill with multiple different instructors to promote generalization is an example of which strategy?
Answer: Multiple exemplar training
Multiple exemplar training varies trainers, settings, and materials during instruction so the learned behavior is not limited to one specific context.
"Loose training" as a generalization strategy refers to:
Answer: Deliberately varying non-essential aspects of training across trials
Loose training intentionally varies non-critical stimuli (e.g., materials, wording, trainer position) during training to broaden stimulus control and facilitate generalization.
Programming common stimuli as a generalization strategy involves:
Answer: Introducing stimuli from the natural environment into training
Programming common stimuli means incorporating stimuli from the target generalization environment into training so those stimuli gain control over the behavior.
Maintenance refers to:
Answer: The continued performance of a skill after formal training has ended
Maintenance is the persistence of a learned behavior over time after the intensive training phase has concluded.
Which reinforcement schedule is most effective for promoting long-term maintenance of a skill?
Answer: Variable ratio or variable interval schedule
Thinned variable schedules produce behavior that is highly resistant to extinction and therefore best supports maintenance after training.
Response generalization is best defined as:
Answer: Untrained but functionally similar responses increasing along with the trained response
Response generalization occurs when a behavior change in one response produces correlated changes in other, untrained responses within the same response class.
Why is 'train and hope' considered an inadequate approach to generalization?
Answer: It relies on generalization occurring naturally without systematic planning
Train and hope assumes generalization will occur spontaneously, but research shows generalization must be explicitly planned and programmed to be reliable.