Imitation and Joint Attention

Question 1

Which of the following kinds of imitation is associated with successful play with peers?

Answer 1

Imitating other children’s actions

Question 2

Difficulties in joint attention lead to problems in:

Answer 2

Language development, vocabulary development, and social skills development

Question 3

What is one strategy that can be used to teach learners to initiate joint attention?

Question 4

When a learner imitates the correct sound during a discrete trial, what is the next thing the interventionist should do?

Answer 4

Provide reinforcement

Question 5

Responding joint attention is when:

Answer 5

A person responds to a bid for attention

Question 6

True or False: Echoics can be addressed in both discrete trial and naturalistic intervention.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

True or False: Turn-taking games do not encourage joint attention.

Answer 7

False

Question 7

Which of the following is an example of a fine motor imitation skill?

Answer 7

Drawing a line in the air with a finger

Question 8

Joint attention is:

Answer 8

The shared focus of at least 2 individuals on an object or activity

Question 9

Vocal imitation targets should start out as:

Answer 9

Imitating one syllable words