Applied Behavior Analysis Skill Acquisition Programming 1 Flashcards
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Which prompting strategy begins with the most intrusive prompt and systematically fades toward less intrusive prompts over successive trials?
Answer: Most-to-least prompting
Most-to-least prompting starts with the highest level of support (e.g., full physical prompt) and systematically fades toward less intrusive prompts as the learner demonstrates competence, minimizing errors while building independence.
In total task chaining, the instructor:
Answer: Prompts and reinforces every step of the chain during each teaching trial
Total task chaining requires the learner to perform all steps of the task in every session, with the instructor providing prompts as needed for steps not yet mastered, allowing full-chain practice in each trial.
Compared to massed practice, distributed practice trials are generally associated with:
Answer: Better generalization and long-term maintenance of skills
Distributed practice—trials spaced across time or embedded in varied activities—promotes better generalization and long-term retention than massed practice, even though massed practice may produce faster initial acquisition within a session.
Which error correction procedure involves modeling the correct response, guiding the learner to produce it, presenting a distractor trial, and then re-presenting the original SD?
Answer: Four-step error correction
The four-step error correction procedure systematically addresses errors by: (1) modeling the correct response, (2) prompting the learner to respond correctly, (3) inserting a distractor trial, and (4) re-presenting the original trial to confirm independent correct responding.
In discrete trial training, a 'transfer trial' is used to:
Answer: Transfer stimulus control from a prompted response to an unprompted response
A transfer trial immediately follows an error correction or prompted trial by re-presenting the same SD, giving the learner the opportunity to respond independently and thereby transferring control from the prompt to the natural discriminative stimulus.
Multiple exemplar training (MET) is primarily implemented to promote:
Answer: Generalization across varied stimuli and response forms
Multiple exemplar training uses varied examples of stimuli and response topographies during instruction so the learner can apply the skill to novel, untrained contexts, directly programming for generalization.