Procedures and Intervention Flashcards
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Functional Communication Training (FCT) reduces problem behavior by teaching the learner:
Answer: An appropriate communicative response that accesses the same reinforcer as the problem behavior
FCT replaces problem behavior by teaching a communicative response (e.g., requesting) that produces the same functional outcome.
In a token economy system, tokens function as which type of reinforcer?
Answer: Conditioned (secondary) reinforcers
Tokens are conditioned reinforcers because they acquire reinforcing value through their pairing with backup reinforcers, not through biological necessity.
Which phase of the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) introduces discrimination between multiple picture symbols?
Answer: Phase 3
Phase 3 of PECS teaches the learner to discriminate between pictures to select the symbol that matches their desired item.
When implementing a response cost procedure, what is removed contingent on the occurrence of the target behavior?
Answer: A previously earned reinforcer or token
Response cost is a punishment procedure in which a specified amount of a previously earned reinforcer is removed following the target behavior.
The typical sequence for delivering social skills instruction in ABA is:
Answer: Instruction → Modeling → Practice → Feedback
Social skills training follows a sequence: explain the skill (instruction), demonstrate it (modeling), have the learner perform it (practice), and provide corrective or positive feedback.
Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT) targets 'pivotal' behaviors because:
Answer: Improvement in pivotal behaviors produces collateral gains across untrained areas
Pivotal behaviors such as motivation and self-initiation are targeted because improving them produces widespread positive changes across multiple behavioral domains.
A practitioner implements 'errorless learning' to teach a new discrimination. This approach involves:
Answer: Providing prompts that prevent errors from occurring during early learning trials
Errorless learning uses prompts from the beginning of training to prevent incorrect responses, then systematically fades prompts as the skill is acquired.