BEHP 5013, Units 7-9 Flashcards
The effect of a stimulus on a specific response may be learned, due to the experiential history of the individual organism in the environment
Ontogenic provenance
Good goals are:
- _____ but _____
- under _____ ______
- _____
- difficult but achievable
- under performer control
- specific
The operational definition of treatment conditions (IV) should be (4)
clear, concise, unambiguous, objective
List 7 types of antecedent-based interventions for staff
- job description
- supervisor presence
- job aids
- task clarification
- checklists
- task analysis of a job duty
- placing the tasks in order of occurrence
List 4 situations to consider using group contingencies
- group of persons share the same problem
- unrealistic to set up individual programs
- difficult to identify the person responsible for x behavior
- singling out one person to reward may cause problems with peers
BARS stands for:
Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scale
Other individuals who benefit from behavior change in clients
indirect consumers
List 3 questions to ask when designing a token economy:
- What do you want the individual to ___?
- What kind of _____ will you use?
- What will help _____ the individual?
do, token, motivate
Members cannot predict which group members, target behaviors, settings and/or times on which the reward will be contingent. Can be used with independent, dependent or interdependent group contingencies. Can be a powerful strategy for promoting generalization and maintenance.
Indiscriminable group contingencies
How many tokens are needed before the individual can exchange
Exchange ratio and system
Increase performance monitoring when:
Data is being collected on a vital skill or dangerous problem behavior
New plan is implemented
Problems are noticed
State the advantage of using a group average during a group contingency
Group members may continue to work hard to meet criterion even when they see peers failing to meet the criterion
A behavior is functional only to the extent that it …
produces reinforcement for the learner
Bx not followed by reinforcers on at least some occasions will not be maintained
How much something costs
cost
List 5 strategies to reduce reactivity:
Monitor \_\_\_\_\_ Self-\_\_\_\_\_ Monitor \_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_ monitoring Use reactivity to your \_\_\_\_\_
frequently monitoring results covert advantage
A nontechnical term for behavior that has come under the control of a stimulus class that is too broad. That is, the learner emits the target behavior in the presence of stimuli that, although similar in some way to the instructional examples, are inappropriate occasions for the behavior.
Overgeneralization
Highly preferred backup reinforcers (in a token economy) function as an _____ _____ for _____ _____
They _____ the _____ of tokens as reinforcement
_______ backup reinforcers function as an _____ _____
- establishing operation for positive reinforcement
- increase, effectiveness
- non-preferred, abolishing operation
The management of an individual employee or group of employees through the application of behavior principles
Performance management
Job aids can be used when …
formal retraining is not warranted
List 5 components of the DeRisi contracting model:
- Date contract begins and ends
- Behavior
- Amount and kind of reward
- Signatures of all involved
- Schedule for review of progress
An effective teacher has students ____ targeted skills in different ____ and with different ____, ____, and _____ before concluding with confidence that the student has acquired and generalized a skill
perform
settings, instructors, cues, materials
A rule specifies a _____
contingency
Steps for setting goals:
- Set the goal and ….
- Obtain _____ _____ for the goal
- Consider _____ if significant improvement is required
- mark it on the graph
- employee input
- sub-goals
Any place or stimulus situation that differs in some meaningful way (not necessarily location) from the instructional setting and in which performance of the target behavior is desired
Generalization setting
What is left after a behavior (OBM term)
Results
The changes in behavior of untreated persons as a function of the treatment contingencies that are applied to the client
Generalization across participants
The individuals we are paid to serve (clients)
direct consumers
To field test a token system ….
covertly record when tokens would have been delivered
The extent to which performance of the target behavior is improved in environments different than the original training environment
Stimulus generality
Causes a researcher to administer the IV in such a way that it enjoys an unfair advantage over the baseline or comparative conditions
Experimenter bias
Disadvantages of group contingencies:
- Peers may put too much _____ on the “hero” or other peers
- If the hero does not earn the reward, or some group members lose the reward for the group, others may _____
- Can be tricky to implement successfully depending on the _____ of the group
- May have other _____ effects
- pressure
- retaliate
- makeup
- undesirable
Ways to self-manage:
- provide _____
- perform the _____ _____ in a behavior chain
- remove _____ _____
- restrict _____ _____
- prompts
- initial steps
- necessary items
- stimulus conditions
List 5 different training modalities:
- provision of written description
- brief explanation with questions
- classroom training
- performance and competency-based training
- Behavioral Skills Training (BST)
List 3 benefits of BARS:
Allows for _____ _____ _____
Allows for _____ _____
Negates the need for _____ ______ __ ______ _____
easy goal setting
objective evaluation
other forms of performance review
Steps to developing a performance monitoring tool:
- Create a _____ _____
- Designate space for _____ _____
- List ____ _____ for successful implementation and leave room to note yes/no
- Make room for _____
- data sheet
- identifying information
- key components
- notes
Continuous reinforcement should be used to:
teach new skills and until data shows stable responding for several days
Any contingency of reinforcement or punishment designed and implemented by a behavior analyst or practitioner to achieve the acquisition, maintenance, and/or generalization of a targeted behavior change
Contrived contingency
Training in multiple settings, using multiple trainers and stimuli
Multiple exemplar training
Occurs when the application of the IV during later phases of an experiment differs from the way it was applied at the outset of the study
Treatment drift
Use antecedent interventions with staff when:
- there are ____ problems
- there are _____ _____
- staff fail to _____
- role
- competing contingencies
- generalize
Highly detailed instructions regarding what is expected
Task clarification
State an incorrect use of employee monitoring data
Used primarily for punishment (typically delayed punishment)
To create new individuals who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done - individuals who are creative, inventive, and discoverers
Goal of education
A component of some token economy systems in which participants advance up or down throughout a succession of levels contingent on their behavior at the current level
Level system
The occurrence of relevant behavior under different conditions without the scheduling of the same events in those conditions as had been scheduled in the training conditions
Generalization
List 4 problems with conducting monitoring:
Monitoring is _____
Staff don’t know ____ they are being monitored
Monitoring is done ______
______ of monitoring are not shared
Hidden, why, impolitely, results
What to teach staff:
- industry-specific _____ information
- _____ _____ and behavior plan _____
- _____ basics
- _____ information
- mandated
- data collection, implementation
- ABA
- population
List 3 considerations when selecting backup items to be exchanged for tokens:
- try _____ _____ activities/events before using _____ reinforcers
- if individuals can get _____ _____ for “free”, tokens won’t be as effective
- can be tangibles, _____ or _____
- naturally occurring, contrived
- backup items
- activities, privileges
How well something is done
quality
A _____ ______ should monitor progress on a contract and provide ______ rewards
progress record, interim
List 7 techniques for programming for generality:
- Introduce to ____ ______ _____
- Train _____ ____
- Train _____
- Use _____ _____
- Program _____ _____
- Mediate ______
- Train to _____
- natural reinforcement contingencies
- sufficient exemplars
- loosely
- indiscriminable contingencies
- common stimuli
- generalization
- generalize
Staff training: A _____ explains why the staff will be responsible for _____ the plan. The verbal description should be _____ but clearly explain the steps of the plan.
rationale, implementing, succinct
Before re-training, use …
task clarification
Staff training: Demonstrate the skills
- while the employee watches
- in the _____ _____ when possible
- with a _____ trainer
natural environment, competent
Identifying pinpoints:
Identify the biggest _____
Select a few behaviors that will have the _____ _____
Don’t _____ with pinpoints
opportunity
greatest impact
overwhelm
Mediate generalization by establishing a _____ as part of new learning that is likely to be used with _____ ______ as well.
______ is the most common mediator.
response, other problems
Language
Train to generalize by _______ generalization and using _____ to facilitate generalization
reinforcing, instructions
State a disadvantage of using a group average during a group contingency
Some group members may become “free riders”
Staff training: Provide a written description
- as a permanent _____
- but don’t provide additional info outside of what has to be _____
- consider a _____
- reference
- implemented
- checklist
Identifying quality:
Ask managers and employees: “What _____ ______ _____ __ ___?”
Engage in _____ _____ while interviewing managers and staff
Look for _____ _____, especially between managers and employees
What makes someone good at X?
Narrative recording
Recurring themes
The extent to which a learner emits untrained responses that are functionally equivalent to the trained target behavior
Response generalization
List 4 necessary elements of a contract
Task
Reward
Signatures
Data Collection
Approximately how often you will deliver tokens for the target behavior
Ratio of earning
List 5 steps to effective performance monitoring:
- Specify what it is that staff are supposed to be doing: _____
- Develop a _____ that contains each component
- Observer collects data as staff implements _____ _____
- Determine if staff meets a specified _____ __ _____
- Often data on the _____ ______ can be collected simultaneously.
- pinpoints
- tool
- behavior plan
- level of criteria
- target behavior
Outcome management:
- identify outcome for the consumer
- specify _____ _____ for staff
- provide _____
- monitor _____ ______
- provide data-based _____ for correct performance
- provide _____ ______ for insufficient performance
- evaluate the effects of _____ _____
- target behavior
- training
- staff performance
- reinforcement
- corrective feedback
- supervisory procedures
List 4 steps in a risk-benefit analysis:
- assess risk of behavioral intervention
- assess benefits
- discuss the analysis with involved parties
- make a decision
Staff training: Observe trainee
- have staff perform all aspects of the new skill in the ____ _____
- if not available, consider ____ ______
- the trainer must _____ the trainee
- the trainer notes _____ ______ and any mistakes
- natural environment
- role-playing
- observe
- correct implementation
State an advantage of random selection within group contingencies
As it is uncertain who will be selected for evaluation, all members may work harder and try to meet the criterion