ABAT Prompting and Fading Procedures 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which type of prompt involves physically moving the learner through the correct response?
- Verbal prompt
- Gestural prompt
- Physical prompt (Correct answer)
- Model prompt
Correct answer: Physical prompt
A physical prompt involves the trainer physically guiding the learner's body through the correct response.
Question 2: In a least-to-most prompting hierarchy, which opportunity is typically offered first?
- Full physical guidance
- Verbal prompt
- Independent response opportunity (Correct answer)
- Model prompt
Correct answer: Independent response opportunity
Least-to-most prompting begins by giving the learner an independent opportunity before delivering increasingly intrusive prompts.
Question 3: What best describes a gestural prompt?
- A spoken instruction to complete the task
- A physical movement by the trainer directing attention to the correct response (Correct answer)
- A written cue visible to the learner
- A demonstration of the full response
Correct answer: A physical movement by the trainer directing attention to the correct response
Gestural prompts involve a trainer's physical movement, such as pointing, that directs the learner's attention without physical contact.
Question 4: Which of the following best describes a model prompt?
- Presenting the SD louder than usual
- Demonstrating the correct response for the learner to imitate (Correct answer)
- Physically guiding the learner's hand
- Providing a written cue
Correct answer: Demonstrating the correct response for the learner to imitate
A model prompt involves the trainer demonstrating the target behavior for the learner to observe and then imitate.
Question 5: Response prompts differ from stimulus prompts primarily in that response prompts:
- Modify the discriminative stimulus itself
- Are delivered after the response occurs
- Are actions performed by the trainer to evoke the response (Correct answer)
- Are embedded within the natural environment
Correct answer: Are actions performed by the trainer to evoke the response
Response prompts are trainer actions (verbal, gestural, model, or physical) designed to evoke the target response, whereas stimulus prompts modify the SD.
Question 6: A teacher says 'What do you say?' after handing a student a gift to prompt 'Thank you.' This is an example of which prompt type?
- Gestural prompt
- Verbal prompt (Correct answer)
- Visual prompt
- Positional prompt
Correct answer: Verbal prompt
This is a verbal prompt because a spoken cue is used to evoke the target response.
Question 7: In a prompting sequence, 'prompt fading' refers to:
- Increasing prompt intensity over trials
- Gradually removing prompts to transfer stimulus control to natural cues (Correct answer)
- Adding new prompts when behavior deteriorates
- Delivering prompts on a fixed-ratio schedule
Correct answer: Gradually removing prompts to transfer stimulus control to natural cues
Prompt fading systematically reduces assistance over time so the learner responds to the natural SD without prompts.
ABAT Prompting and Fading Procedures 2
Which type of prompt involves physically moving the learner through the correct response?