Ch. 11 - Chaining

Question 1

What is a behavioural chain?

Answer 1

a complex behaviour consisting of many component behaviours that occur together in a sequence

Question 2

What is task analysis?

Answer 2

the process of analyzing a behavioural chain by breaking it down into its individual stimulus-response components

Question 3

What is always the first step of task analysis?

Answer 3

to identify all the behaviours that are necessary to perform the task and write them down in order

Question 4

What are the 2 steps of task analysis?

Answer 4

identify all the behaviours that are necessary to perform the task and write them down in order, identify the SD associated with each behaviour,

Question 5

What are 3 different ways to conduct task analysis?

Answer 5

observe a competent person engage in the task, ask an expert, perform the task yourself and record each of the component responses

Question 6

What are chaining procedures?

Answer 6

strategies for teaching complex tasks (behavioural chains)

Question 7

What do chaining procedures involve?

Answer 7

systematic application of prompting and fading strategies to each stimulus-response component in the chain

Question 8

What is backward chaining?

Answer 8

uses prompting and fading to teach the last behaviour in the chain first

Question 9

What is forward chaining?

Answer 9

teach one component of the chain at a time and prompting and fading to teach the behaviour associated with the SD at each step in the chain; teaching the first component first.

Question 10

What is total task presentation?

Answer 10

the complex chain of behaviours is taught as a single unit, the total task is completed in each trial, use prompting to get the learner to engage in the entire chain of behaviors from start to finish

Question 11

What is graduate guidance?

Answer 11

one type of physical prompting and fading often used with the total task presentation procedure

Question 12

What are the similarities between forward, backward and total task chaining?

Answer 12

all used to teach chaining, a task analysis myst be completed before training, prompting and fading are used in all 3 procedures

Question 13

What are some other strategies for teaching behavioural chains?

Answer 13

Written Task Analysis, Picture Prompts, Video Modelling, Self Instructions

Question 14

What is the training sequence for each component of the chain as given in lecture?

Answer 14

Present the SD, Verbal and physical prompt
Praise (and possibly other reinforcers) for correct response, Fade prompts
When response occurs without prompts, move to the next S-R component, Continue steps 1-5 until done

Question 15

What does variable chains mean?

Answer 15

Not all chains occur in the same sequence with every presentation

Question 16

What does variable chaining help with?

Answer 16

Train each individual step without context, leads to flexible problem-solving