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Skill Acquisition Programs Flashcards

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  1. A client is learning to request items using PECS. Which phase involves the learner spontaneously going to their communication book and handing a picture to a communication partner?

    Answer: Phase II

    Phase II of PECS focuses on expanding spontaneity by having the learner travel to the book and to the communication partner to exchange a picture.

  2. When using a graduated guidance procedure, the RBT should reduce physical assistance:

    Answer: As the learner begins to perform the skill more independently

    Graduated guidance involves fading physical prompts progressively as the learner demonstrates increasing independence with the target skill.

  3. A discrimination training program requires the learner to correctly identify a target item among distractors. What does the term 'S-delta' (SΔ) refer to?

    Answer: A stimulus in the presence of which the behavior will NOT be reinforced

    An SΔ (S-delta) is a stimulus that signals that reinforcement is not available, so the learner should not respond or should respond differently.

  4. During discrete trial training, the inter-trial interval (ITI) serves which primary purpose?

    Answer: To allow a brief pause that separates one trial from the next

    The ITI is a brief pause between trials that helps the learner distinguish one discrete trial from the next.

  5. A skill acquisition program targets 'requesting help.' The learner currently does not ask for help at all. The BEST starting point is to:

    Answer: Identify the learner's current repertoire and select an appropriate initial response form

    Programming begins with assessing the learner's current repertoire to select a starting response form that is achievable and can be shaped toward the terminal goal.

  6. When implementing a naturalistic teaching procedure, the RBT uses the learner's motivation in the moment. This approach is called:

    Answer: Incidental teaching

    Incidental teaching is a naturalistic strategy in which the RBT capitalizes on learner-initiated interactions or interests to prompt and reinforce target skills.

  7. A client is learning to match objects to pictures. The RBT presents three pictures and asks the learner to put the real object with the matching picture. Which type of matching is this?

    Answer: Non-identical matching

    Non-identical matching requires the learner to match stimuli that share the same concept but differ in form (e.g., a real object to a 2D picture of it).