G02 Use Interventions Based on Motivating Operations & Discriminative Stimuli Part 2 Flashcards
A severely handicapped learner is being taught to press a switch to turn on music. Due to motor difficulties, she is having difficult reaching the switch. As an antecedent control strategy, the instructor
Puts the switch closer to where she tends to reach
Increasing response effort as an antecedent intervention is exemplified by
Always keeping one’s cigs in the trunk of the car
Which of the following is an antecedent control strategy designed to increase the amount of time a student spends on task?
Giving the student one worksheet at a time as quickly as he completes them
A child engages in a variety of odd social behaviors to get stares from his peers. To reduce this behavior using an antecedent control procedure,
Have peers pay a lot of attention to him almost of the time.
A child tantrums in the living room. What antecedent strategy could his mother use?
He could be told beforehand that he could tantrum, but he had to do it in the garage.
Which of the following constitutes an antecedent control strategy used by police to prevent speeding?
Park a patrol car in a conspicuous place near the road
Which of the following is the best example of an antecedent control strategy that involves manipulating response effort to improve performance?
To decrease litter on a university campus, trash cans are moved close to the entrance of the buildings
Due to the difficulty a child has with reading, he sometimes exhibits tantrums to get out of class. An antecedent control strategy to reduce tantrums might be to
Make reading easier
Reducing problem behaviors by providing a high rate of noncontingent attention
Works by diminishing the EO for attention.
Works by breaking the contingency between attention and the behaviors that produce it.
After less intrusive intervention failed, it was recommended that a helmet be used to reduce head banging, even though the child could remove it. Why?
The helmet required the child to make a greater effort
A student engages in disruptive behavior during reading class, in part because he has difficulty with the subject matter. An antecedent control strategy to address this would be to
Break down the work into simpler steps
Which of the following antecedent control strategies would increase the amount of school work a student does by manipulating EOs?
Before he begins, have the student select a prize from the prize box that he can earn for completing a set number of assignments
An antecedent control strategy to reduce tantrums when a child is prompted to take a bath might be to
First fill the tub with bubbles and toys
A runner is sometimes tempted to watch TV instead of run. Which is an antecedent control strategy he could use?
Watch a video of a road race before making his decision whether to run.
