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Antecedent-Based Interventions Flashcards

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  1. Priming as an antecedent intervention involves:

    Answer: Exposing a learner to relevant stimuli or skills before a task or activity

    Priming pre-exposes the learner to content, materials, or routines before the activity, increasing familiarity and reducing problem behavior.

  2. When implementing noncontingent reinforcement (NCR) on a fixed-time (FT) schedule, reinforcement is delivered:

    Answer: At set time intervals independent of behavior

    Fixed-time NCR delivers reinforcement at regular, predetermined intervals regardless of what behavior is occurring at that moment.

  3. Offering a learner choices among tasks or activities functions as an antecedent intervention primarily by:

    Answer: Reducing the aversiveness of demands and decreasing escape-motivated behavior

    Choice making reduces the aversive quality of demands by giving the learner some control, thereby weakening the EO for escape behavior.

  4. Visual schedules are classified as antecedent-based interventions because they:

    Answer: Provide advance information about upcoming activities, reducing uncertainty

    Visual schedules serve as antecedent stimuli that reduce uncertainty about upcoming activities, lowering anxiety and transition-related problem behavior.

  5. A teacher gives a 5-minute warning before ending a preferred activity. This transition warning is an antecedent strategy because:

    Answer: It serves as a stimulus that prepares the learner for an upcoming change, reducing behavioral reactivity

    The warning signal is an antecedent stimulus that allows the learner to prepare for the transition, reducing abrupt changes that trigger problem behavior.

  6. Demand fading as an antecedent strategy involves:

    Answer: Beginning with minimal demands and gradually increasing them as compliance improves

    Demand fading starts with very low task demands to ensure success and gradually increases demands while maintaining compliance.

  7. Interspersal training (interspersing easy tasks among difficult ones) is effective as an antecedent strategy primarily because:

    Answer: It increases the density of reinforcement and maintains behavioral momentum

    Interspersing easy (high-p) tasks increases the overall reinforcement rate and builds momentum, making difficult tasks more likely to be attempted.