Definitions

Question 1

Reinforcement

Answer 1

When a stimulus change immediately follows a response and increases the future likelihood of that type of behavior in similar conditions.

Question 2

Differential Reinforcement

Answer 2

Reinforcing only behaviors you want to increase and withholding reinforcers for behavior you want to decrease

Question 3

Extinction

Answer 3

The discontinuation of reinforcement following a previously reinforced response.

Question 4

Preference Assessment

Answer 4

A way to identify potential reinforcers for a learner

Question 5

Antecedent Manipulation

Answer 5

Involves manipulating stimuli to evoke desirable behavior so that they can be differentially reinforced
Can also help decrease undesirable behaviors

Question 6

Pre-session Pairing

Answer 6

Antecedent manipulation during which you first engage in a preferred/reinforced activity and then begin instruction

Question 7

Visual Support

Answer 7

A picture or visual that can be used to communicate with a client who has difficulty understanding or using language

Question 8

Activity Schedule

Answer 8

A type of visual support comprised of pictures/words that shows the sequence of steps needed to complete an activity, lists the events of a daily routine, or provides structure for unstructured downtime or play

Question 9

Behavioral Momentum

Answer 9

A metaphor that describes a rate of responding and its resistance to change following an alteration in reinforcement

Question 10

Functional Communication Training

Answer 10

Antecedent intervention in which an appropriate communicative behavior is taught as a replacement behavior for problem behavior

Question 11

Discrete Trial Training

Answer 11

A structured ABA procedure that breaks down skills into their small, discrete components.
Breaking a skill down into smaller parts can help a learner practice and acquire this skill more easily

Question 12

Incidental/Naturalistic Teaching

Answer 12

This procedure teaches skills outside a structured setting. However, the setting is still related to the skill being taught.
Reinforcers are based on preferred items in the learning environment and natural contingencies when available.

Question 13

Shaping

Answer 13

Differentially reinforcing closer and closer (successive) approximations of the target behavior

Question 14

Chaining

Answer 14

A procedure that can be used to teach more complex behavior chains or sequences linked together to form a terminal behavior

Question 15

Task Analysis

Answer 15

Breaks complex tasks into a sequence of smaller steps

Question 16

Prompt

Answer 16

Assistance provided to ensure a correct response

Question 17

Fading

Answer 17

Gradually moving from maximum prompting to minimal or no prompting

Question 18

Modeling

Answer 18

Showing the client how to correctly perform the target behavior

Question 19

Video Modeling

Answer 19

Using a video to show the client how to correctly perform the target behavior

Question 20

Generalization

Answer 20

Refers to target responses occurring outside of the specific learning environment
This could be across different people, settings, or behaviors

Question 21

Maintenance

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The learner’s ability to demonstrate a previously acquired skill over time when reinforcement has been thinned below the level at which it was taught

Question 22

Token Economy

Answer 22

Designed to increase desirable behavior and decrease undesirable behavior with the use of conditioned tokens

Question 23

Self-Management

Answer 23

Involves the learner applying the principles of behavior, such as reinforcement, to themselves
It can be used to teach learners to independently complete tasks and take an active role in monitoring and reinforcing their own behavior

Question 24

Social Skills Training

Answer 24

Group or individual instruction designed to teach learners ways to appropriately interact with other individuals