ABAT Skill Acquisition Programming 2

Question 1

Which type of prompt involves physically guiding a learner through the correct response?

Accepted Answer

Physical prompt

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Gestural prompt

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Verbal prompt

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Model prompt

Question 2

In errorless learning, prompts are provided at what point relative to the learner's response opportunity?

Accepted Answer

Before the learner has a chance to respond incorrectly

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After three incorrect responses

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After the learner attempts the response

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Only when the learner requests help

Question 3

Which prompt fading strategy reduces prompt intrusiveness from most to least over successive trials?

Accepted Answer

Most-to-least prompt fading

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Constant time delay

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Graduated guidance

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Stimulus shaping

Question 4

Progressive time delay differs from constant time delay in that it:

Accepted Answer

Increases the delay in fixed increments across sessions

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Uses a fixed delay throughout training

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Always begins with a 5-second delay

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Only applies to verbal prompts

Question 5

What is the primary goal of stimulus control transfer in skill acquisition?

Accepted Answer

Shifting stimulus control from a prompt to the natural discriminative stimulus

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Moving the behavior to a new reinforcer

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Increasing the rate of correct responding

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Expanding a response to new topographies

Question 6

Incidental teaching is a naturalistic teaching procedure that is primarily initiated by:

Accepted Answer

The learner's spontaneous interest or initiation

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The behavior analyst setting a structured schedule

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A pre-set timer that signals each trial

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The caregiver following a scripted protocol

Question 7

Response blocking is best defined as:

Accepted Answer

Physically preventing a response from occurring or being completed

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Withholding all reinforcement during training

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Preventing generalization across settings

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Removing the SD before the learner can respond