RBT Skill Acquisition Programs 3 ā Questions and Answers
Question 1: A client is learning to request items using PECS. Which phase involves the learner spontaneously going to their communication book and handing a picture to a communication partner?
- Phase I
- Phase II (Correct answer)
- Phase III
- Phase IV
Correct answer: Phase II
Phase II of PECS focuses on expanding spontaneity by having the learner travel to the book and to the communication partner to exchange a picture.
Question 2: When using a graduated guidance procedure, the RBT should reduce physical assistance:
- Immediately when a correct response occurs
- Only after 10 consecutive correct trials
- As the learner begins to perform the skill more independently (Correct answer)
- On a fixed ratio schedule
Correct answer: As the learner begins to perform the skill more independently
Graduated guidance involves fading physical prompts progressively as the learner demonstrates increasing independence with the target skill.
Question 3: A discrimination training program requires the learner to correctly identify a target item among distractors. What does the term 'S-delta' (SĪ) refer to?
- The correct target stimulus
- A stimulus in the presence of which the behavior will NOT be reinforced (Correct answer)
- The prompt given before the target response
- The reinforcer delivered after correct responding
Correct answer: A stimulus in the presence of which the behavior will NOT be reinforced
An SĪ (S-delta) is a stimulus that signals that reinforcement is not available, so the learner should not respond or should respond differently.
Question 4: During discrete trial training, the inter-trial interval (ITI) serves which primary purpose?
- To deliver reinforcement for correct responses
- To allow a brief pause that separates one trial from the next (Correct answer)
- To record data on the learner's performance
- To prompt the learner before the next SD
Correct answer: To allow a brief pause that separates one trial from the next
The ITI is a brief pause between trials that helps the learner distinguish one discrete trial from the next.
Question 5: A skill acquisition program targets 'requesting help.' The learner currently does not ask for help at all. The BEST starting point is to:
- Use extinction for all independent attempts
- Identify the learner's current repertoire and select an appropriate initial response form (Correct answer)
- Begin with the most complex form of the skill immediately
- Only practice during free play sessions
Correct answer: Identify the learner's current repertoire and select an appropriate initial response form
Programming begins with assessing the learner's current repertoire to select a starting response form that is achievable and can be shaped toward the terminal goal.
Question 6: When implementing a naturalistic teaching procedure, the RBT uses the learner's motivation in the moment. This approach is called:
- Mass trialing
- Incidental teaching (Correct answer)
- Error correction with overcorrection
- Massed practice
Correct answer: Incidental teaching
Incidental teaching is a naturalistic strategy in which the RBT capitalizes on learner-initiated interactions or interests to prompt and reinforce target skills.
Question 7: A client is learning to match objects to pictures. The RBT presents three pictures and asks the learner to put the real object with the matching picture. Which type of matching is this?
- Identical matching
- Non-identical matching (Correct answer)
- Sorting by category
- Tacting
Correct answer: Non-identical matching
Non-identical matching requires the learner to match stimuli that share the same concept but differ in form (e.g., a real object to a 2D picture of it).
RBT Skill Acquisition Programs 3
A client is learning to request items using PECS.
Which phase involves the learner spontaneously going to their communication book and handing a picture to a communication partner?