RBT Skill Acquisition and Training Flashcards
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During discrete trial training (DTT), what is the correct sequence of components?
Answer: Discriminative stimulus, response, consequence
DTT follows the sequence of SD (discriminative stimulus), response from the learner, and then a consequence (reinforcement or error correction).
A learner consistently responds correctly when the therapist holds up a red card but fails when a different therapist presents it. This is an example of:
Answer: Failure to generalize
When a skill is only performed with one specific trainer and not others, the learner has not yet generalized the response across people.
Which prompting strategy involves the therapist physically guiding the learner's hand through the correct response?
Answer: Physical prompt
A physical prompt involves the therapist using hand-over-hand or partial physical guidance to help the learner complete the response.
An RBT is teaching a child to sort objects by color. The child successfully sorts red and blue items but struggles with yellow. The RBT should:
Answer: Provide additional trials focusing on yellow with appropriate prompting
When a learner struggles with specific items within a skill, targeted practice with additional prompting support for those items is the appropriate response.
The term 'maintenance' in skill acquisition refers to:
Answer: Continuing to perform a skill correctly after active teaching has ended
Maintenance refers to the continued performance of a previously mastered skill over time without ongoing intervention.
When using a task analysis, the RBT breaks a complex skill into smaller steps primarily to:
Answer: Allow the learner to acquire each component step systematically
Task analysis breaks complex skills into teachable steps so learners can systematically acquire each component, making the overall skill achievable.
An RBT is using 'forward chaining' to teach hand washing. Which step is taught first?
Answer: The first step in the chain
In forward chaining, teaching begins with the first step of the task analysis, with subsequent steps prompted until the learner masters each step sequentially.