Final Flashcards
principles of discrimination
ability to tell the difference between environment events or stimuli
stimulus control
a behavior that occurs in the presence of S but not its absence
Antecedents
environmental conditions and events that precede the behavior
simple discrimination
differentiating
-with practice should reliably respond correctly
discriminative stimuli S^D
condition under which we want behavior to occur
s-deltas
anything other than S^d
discrimination training steps
- identify target behavior
- identify stimulus to be established
- plan reinforcement strategy
prompt
additional stimuli that increases the probability that the S will occasion the desired response
-always move from most to least intrusive
prompt types
- gestural
- verbal
- visual
- modeling
- physical
gestural prompts
using movement and motions to give reminder
verbal prompts
A. rules- “no running in the halls”
B. instruction- “put your name on top of the paper”
C. hints
D. self operated verbal prompts
visual prompts
A. pictures
B. color code for work rate
C. classroom schedule
D. maps
visual prompts- pictures
- correctly completed problems
- format for a report
- books of pictures
- hand washing pictures at restaurants
modeling prompts
demonstration- imitation must be possible
physical prompts
A. full- “put through” physically do with child
B. partial
effective prompting
- focus students attention on S^D
- should be as non-intrusive as possible
- fade as rapidly as possible
- unplanned prompts should be avoided
task analysis
breaking complex behavior into components
-completion of each step is the S^D to the beginning of the next step
task analysis steps
- determine prerequisite skills
- list materials that will be needed
- list all components in order of performance