Chapter 20- Chaining

Question 1

Backward chaining with leaps ahead

Answer 1

The same procedures as backward chaining except not every step in the task analysis is trained

Question 2

Behavior chain

Answer 2

A specific sequence of discrete responses, each associated with a particular stimulus conditioned. Each discrete response and the associated stimulus conditioned serve as an individual component of the chain

Each response in a chain produces a stimulus change that simultaneously serves as a conditioned reinforcer for the response that produced it and as a SD for the next response in the chain. Each stimulus that links the two response components together serves as both a conditioned reinforcer and discriminatative stimulus (SD)

Question 3

Behavior chain interruption strategy (BCIS)

Answer 3

Relies on the participant’s skill to perform the critical elements of a chain independently, but the chain is interrupted at a predetermined step

Initially used to increase speech and oral responding

Question 4

Behavior chain with a limited hold

Answer 4

A sequence of behaviors that must be performed correctly and within a specified time to produce reinforcement

Question 5

Chaining

Answer 5

The way in which specific sequences of stimu,I and responses are linked to form new performances

Question 6

Forward chaining

Answer 6

Behaviors are linked together beginning with the first behavior in the sequence

Question 7

Task analysis

Answer 7

Involves breaking a complex skill or series of behaviors into smaller, teachable units, the product of which is a series of sequentially ordered steps of tasks

Should be individualized according to a learner’s age, skill level, and experience

Before using it must be validated

Question 8

Total-task chaining

Answer 8

A variation of forward chaining in which the learner receives training on each behavior in the chain during each session

Question 9

Single-opportunity method

Answer 9

Designed to assess a learners ability to perform each behavior in the task analysis in correct sequence

Most conservative method for assessing mastery of a task analysis

Question 10

Multiple-opportunity method

Answer 10

Evaluates the person’s level of mastery across all behaviors in the task analysis.

Question 11

Backward chaining

Answer 11

Behaviors are linked together beginning with the last behavior in the sequence