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4-step error correction procedure - correct answer ✅model prompt switch repeat backstep incidental - correct answer ✅reset situation/re-present original cues, prompt through event or interaction anticipatory prompt - correct answer ✅once known error patterns is identified, prior to next opportunity, prompts the correct response common criteria for error correction - correct answer ✅no-no-prompt or 3 strikes directed rehearsal/positive practice - correct answer ✅learner is required to repeat correct form of the behavior a specified number of times, positive punishment backstep in DTT - correct answer ✅immediately re-present a new trial, increase prompts to eliminate errors
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shaping - correct answer ✅using differential reinforcement to gradually change a response class of behaviors active student responding (ASR) - correct answer ✅model, prompt, plus one additional presentation of SD+, one correct response required before next trial error correction - correct answer ✅consequence procedure that is implemented contingent upon an incorrect response backstep - correct answer ✅go back to last successful step of target, redo successful step, prompt through problem step so no errors prompt delay - correct answer ✅waiting before delivering a prompt
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visual prompt - correct answer ✅a visual stimulus added to the environment that reliably evokes a specific response backward chaining - correct answer ✅teaching procedure where interventionist completes all but the last step of a chain, which is completed by learner, who is reinforced for completing the chain behavior chain - correct answer ✅sequence of responses in which each response produces a change that reinforces the response and acts as the SD for the next behavior in the chain accidental prompt - correct answer ✅inadvertently cuing learner, e.g. with your body language, eye gaze, or tone of voice Discriminative Punishers SDp - correct answer ✅stimulus that signals punishment is likely,
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Differential reinforcement - correct answer ✅reinforcement of only certain responses within a response class differential reinforcement of other behaviors (DRO) - correct answer ✅delivering reinforcement for responses that DO NOT meet criteria for a certain target behavior & withholding reinforcement for the behavior targeted for reduction differential reinforcement of incompatible behavior (DRI) - correct answer ✅delivering reinforcement for responses that are incompatible with targeted behavior topography - correct answer ✅the way a response looks to an observer Discriminative Stimulus (SD) - correct answer ✅a stimulus which in the past, when a behavior was emitted in its presence, it produced a
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Objectives - correct answer ✅the operationally defined and measurable steps that lead to a goal, ordered in hierarchy of difficulty with each step building on the previous Criteria - correct answer ✅a specific perameter that defines when an objective is met Response Specifications - correct answer ✅tells an interventionist what the response should look like; specific criteria when a response is correct/incorrect Maintenance - correct answer ✅a period of time when skill is no longer specifically targeted, but probed periodically to check whether the participant is still able to perform the response; extent to which a learner continues to demonstrate a behavior after instruction ends
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Reinforcement Schedule - correct answer ✅timing of when a therapist delivers reinforcement Generalization - correct answer ✅ability to demonstrate a behavior under different conditions, same response in the presence of different persons, materials, and settings Feeback - correct answer ✅providing another person with the information about the correct or incorrect aspects of his/her performance 5 components of skill acquistion plan - correct answer ✅1. Goal
- Objectives
- Criteria
- SD response specifications
- Instructions for prompting, reinforcement schedule, generalization probes, maintenance probes
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three-term contingency (ABC) - correct answer ✅a method of describing behavior in terms of what happens before (antecedent) during (behavior) and after (consequence); increases probablity of future response consequence - correct answer ✅a stimulus change that occurs right after a behavior naturalistic trial presentation - correct answer ✅method of DTT: inserts the trial into a natural routine and may occur only one time or a few times if contextually appropriate Peer-mediated instruction - correct answer ✅method of DTT: involves peer presenting all or a combination of the following (antecedents, prompts, cosequences, or error correction) inter-trial interval - correct answer ✅the length of time between trials
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embedded trials - correct answer ✅nonconsequetive and infrequent opportuntities to practice a specific response data - correct answer ✅measurement of a quantifiable dimension of behavior establishing operation - correct answer ✅Increases the value of a particular stimulus abolishing operation - correct answer ✅decreases the value of a particular stimulus contingent - correct answer ✅reinforcement or punishment that is delivered only after a target behavior has occurred gain access - correct answer ✅function of behavior that seeks to obtain a stimulus or participate in an activity
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escape - correct answer ✅function of behavior that seeks to get away from a stimulus neutral stimulus - correct answer ✅a stimulus change that does not elicit a response contingency - correct answer ✅dependent relationship between behavior and the variables that control it mentalism - correct answer ✅method of explaining behavior that attributes its causes to thoughts or feelings; "inner" dimension exists seperate from behavior and causes it in some form objective - correct answer ✅a way of analyzing or describing behavior that is not interpreted in different ways. It is specific, clear, and has no other alternative meanings.
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operational definition - correct answer ✅an objective description of the behavior that describes the behavior with specific, observable words. Action verbs that are not interpretable function of behavior - correct answer ✅the purpose that a behavior serves Determinism - correct answer ✅the universe is a lawful an orderly place, events do not occur at will or random, systematic "Dead man's test" - correct answer ✅way to evaluate where your operational definition is correctly worded, only performable by a live person, DOESN'T INCLUDE words: not, doesn't, won't, etc. Functions of behavior - correct answer ✅Escape, Attention, Tangible/Activity, Sensory
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increasing to more intrusive prompts when client responds incorrectly Errorless teaching - correct answer ✅lowers response effort, promotes less opportunity to fail, increases motivation, includes positional prompts and altering stimulus properties Positional prompts - correct answer ✅placing the correct stimulus closer to the participant to lower response effort, increases the salience of the correct response Altering stimulus properties - correct answer ✅modifying some aspect of the correct stimulus to make it more obvious (color, size, etc.) Time Delay Fading - correct answer ✅systematically increasing the amount of time between the SD and the prompt Fading of altered properties - correct answer ✅systematically reinstating or
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removing a stimulus property that was removed or added prompt fading - correct answer ✅reduce a prompt as client meets success criteria - "fade it out"; transfer of stimulus control from prompt to SD session note - correct answer ✅written description that is open- ended for interventionist to discuss any interesting, challenging, or noteworthy EVENTS to other stakeholders that are not reflective in data, observable and objective session - correct answer ✅period of time in which ABA treatment is delivered to client observable - correct answer ✅manner of writing that describes the event in a way that a person would see what was occuring, and could act it out
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hypersensitive - correct answer ✅extremely sensitive hyposensitive - correct answer ✅weak or low sensitivity executive function - correct answer ✅difficulties with planning, thinking ahead, stopping a response, starting another one mental flexibilty /set shifting - correct answer ✅ability to changing from one activity/thought/item to another or changing routine weak central coherence - correct answer ✅difficulties synthesizing details or pieces of information into a concept or "big picture" error pattern - correct answer ✅repeated sequences of incorrect responses that a learner makes wth a specific lesson, skill, content
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faulty stimulus control - correct answer ✅an unintended stimulus, stimuli, or parts of stimuli are functioning as SD (ie. evoking a response) Wrong conditions for response active refusal to respond - correct answer ✅responses made by the participant in the form of problem behavior during specific lesson, skill, or context. (hitting, kicking, throwing materials, running away, etc. passive refusal to respond - correct answer ✅subtle responses made by the participant in the form of problem behavior involving sitting, not looking at therapist, staying silent when asked question location bias - correct answer ✅involves the client repeatedly selecting an option on a specific side of an array during a certain lesson, skill, or context
