Skill Acquisition Procedures Flashcards

Which prompt type provides the least amount of assistance in a least-to-most prompting hierarchy?

Answer: Independent response

An independent response requires no prompt from the trainer and represents the least assistance level.

A learner consistently performs the first step of a chain but skips later steps. Which chaining method would best address this error pattern?

Answer: Backward chaining

Backward chaining teaches the last step first, ensuring mastery of terminal steps and may compensate for early-step dependence.

What is the primary purpose of a task analysis in skill acquisition?

Answer: To break a complex skill into teachable sequential steps

A task analysis breaks complex skills into discrete, sequential steps to facilitate systematic instruction.

During discrete trial training, what should happen immediately after the learner emits the correct response?

Answer: Deliver the reinforcer

Reinforcement should be delivered immediately after a correct response to strengthen the behavior-consequence connection.

Which of the following best describes stimulus control transfer?

Answer: Shifting response control from a prompt to the natural discriminative stimulus

Stimulus control transfer is the process by which a behavior comes under the control of the natural SD rather than the prompt.

A technician is teaching a child to label colors using pictures. After mastery with cards, the child fails to label colors on real objects. This is an example of:

Answer: Stimulus generalization failure

Failure to generalize a learned response to novel stimuli is called stimulus generalization failure.

Which schedule of reinforcement produces the highest and most consistent rate of responding?

Answer: Variable ratio

Variable ratio schedules produce the highest and most consistent rates of responding because reinforcement is unpredictable.