Antecedent interventions

Question 1

Antecedent Interventions

Answer 1

Antecedent stimuli are manipulated to evoke desirable behaviors that can be reinforced
- AKA Antecedent control procedures OR antecedent manipulations

Question 2

7 Steps of Antecedent Intervention

Answer 2

1. Presenting, modifying, developing new S^D for desirable behaviors
2. Presenting EO for desirable behavior (setting goals)
3. Decreasing response effort for desirable behavior (nudge theory)
4. Removing or modifing existing S^D for undesirable behavior (desirable alternative behavior should be encouraged instead)
5. Presenting AO for undesirable behavior
6. Increasing response effort for undesirable behavior (counter of 3.)
7. Noncontingent reinforcement (NCR)

Question 3

Low response effort

Answer 3

Making a task/action easier or more accessible

Question 4

NCR (Noncontingent Reinforcemenet)

Answer 4

Antecedent intervention in which stimuli that are known reinforcers are delivered on aschedule independant of behavior responses
- reinforcers delivered on a fixed-time (FT) or variable-time (VT)
- combined with DRO decreases adventitious reinforcement of undesirable behavior

Question 5

Positive VS Negative VS Automatic reinforcement

Answer 5

Positive: Adding something to increase behavior

Negative: Removing something to increase behavior

Automatic: Physical manipulation to increase behavior

Question 6

S^D

Answer 6

Discriminative Stimulus
- reinforcement is avalible following a particular behavior
- stimulus that promises that behavior -> consequence

ex: phone rings (S^D) -> you answer it (behavior) -> talk (consequence)

Question 7

MO

Answer 7

Motivating Operations
- alters the value of a reinforcer, affecting the likelyhood of the behavior