RBT Skill Acquisition Programs 3

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?

Accepted Answer

Phase II

Answer

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:

Accepted Answer

As the learner begins to perform the skill more independently

Answer

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' (SΔ) refer to?

Accepted Answer

A stimulus in the presence of which the behavior will NOT be reinforced

Answer

An SΔ (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?

Accepted Answer

To allow a brief pause that separates one trial from the next

Answer

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:

Accepted Answer

Identify the learner's current repertoire and select an appropriate initial response form

Answer

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.

RBT Practice Test

RBT Practice Test

RBT Skill Acquisition Programs 3