PSYCH 282 midterm 2 Flashcards
what is natural selection
when nature and environment determines the favourable traits
what is artificial selection
when a human determines the favourable traits
what is shaping
reinforcement of the gradual step close to the target behavior. In other words, Differential reinforcement of successive
approximations of a target behaviour
what is the shaping guidelines
- Define target behavior
- Determine whether shaping is the most appropriate procedures: shaping might not be the best producers if the behavior is put of the individual natural behavior
- Identity the starting behavior
- Choosing the shaping steps
- Choose the reinforcer
- Differentially reinforces successive approximations. only reinforce in the forward direction, do not reinforcer previous successful behavior
- Move through the shaping steps at a proper pace
what are tips for shaping
- reinforces in small steps
- uses continuous reinforcement
- provide immediate reinforcement , don’t wait to see if they will do more
- provide small or conditioned reinforcers to prevent satiation
- skip ahead when possible, so if later behavior occurs and reinforce it
- back up when necessary, when there hasn’t been a behavior to reinforce
- following successful shaping,move to intermittent schedules or reinforcement to avoid extinction
what can be used to mark behavior
After completing the behavior quickly provide the reinforcement to determine the desired behavior. A clicker can be used to immediately conditionally reinforce consequences if provided and this prevents accidental reinforcement of other behavior
what is superstitious behavior
behavior that occurs even though it does not produce a consequence. Making the
wrong association with the behavior and consequence
can an individual accidentally shape a problem behavior
The accidental shaping of problem behavior, the unknowingly using differential reinforcement of successive approximations
- child tantrums or other problem behavior
- parents yelling/nagging can negatively reinforce
- showing off
- dog begging for food
what is verbal behavior
learning to speak. behavior is shaped and maintained by mediated consequence
what is prompt(ing)
it is a stimulus/event that increases the likelihood a person engaging in the correct behavior at the correct time. the stimulus/event controls a response
what is response prompt
the behavior of another person evokes the desired response in the presence of the discriminative stimulus. (discriminative stimulus is the antecedent stimuli that has stimulus control over the behavior becasue the behavior has been reliably reinforced in the presence of the stimulus)
what are the four types of response prompt
- verbal
- physical
- gestural
- modeling
what is verbal prompt
The Verbal behaviour of another person results in correct behaviour of the trainee
ex: telling a music student what note to play on the piano
what is gestural prompt
A physical movement or gesture of another person that leads to the correct
behaviour
ex: Pointing to the correct musical note on the piano
what is modeling prompt
Person demonstrates the target behaviour for the learner
ex: , Playing the correct note on the piano as a demonstration for the student
what is physical prompt
A person physically assists the learner to engage in the correct behaviour
ex: Physically guiding the student’s hand on the piano to play the correct note
what is stimulus prompt
it involves change in the stimulus whether it be the addition or the removal of a stimulus to make a correct response more likely
ex: in order to encourage someone to push a button, you could make it big and a bright color
what are the two types of stimuli prompts
- within-stimulus prompt
- extra-stimulus prompt
what is within-stimulus prompt
an aspect/dimension of the stimulus is changed to add. drawing attention to a stimulus to help others identify the stimulus.
ex: you are trying to teach your child what button to push in an emergency. If you colored that button red
what is extra-stimulus prompt
a separate stimulus is added to aid discrimination
ex: drawing a batter box to help player knows where to stand during the game
what is fading
transferring the discriminative control of one stimulus (s1) to another itmulu (s2) by gradually eliminating s1 in the presence of s2
it is shifting the discriminative control of one stimulus to another stimulus
ex: train birds to hop in the feeder if the light is red, then pair the light and tone before they hop in the feeder. shifting what prompt their behavior
what are the two type of fading
- prompt delay
- prompt /stimulus fading
what is prompt delay
it is gradually delaying the delivery of the prompt. it provides opportunity for an unprompted response to occur. so an individual can engage in a behavior without prompting
what is prompt/stimulus fading
gradually removing the prompt or stimulus
ex: removing the most invasive prompt such as physically in the baseball example, using verbal and when the behavior occurs without the physically prompt then eventually removing the verbal prompt
how is prompting and fading used to study
antecedent -> behavior -> consequence
what is behavior chain
most behavior are actually complex combinations of simpler behavior in a particular order
A complex behaviour consisting of two or more
component behaviours that occur together in a
sequence
ex: ex: playing a piano as playing one notes is one behavior. to play a song to play numerous notes
what is task analysis
breaking down an element into component stimulus
prior to chaining, the subject must be capable of doing each component
what is the difference between shaping and behavior chain
the difference between shaping and behavior chain is shaping the earlier is irrelevant if we arrive on the target goal. While the behavior chain are all the steps are relevant
what is forward chaining
- reinforce the achievement of first component, that is done reliably
- After performing the first component reliability then reinforce the first component then following component
- then reinforce the first component, second component and the following component
- and so on
why is forward chaining impractical
it i impractical because it requires the reinforcement of each component
what is backward chaining
start the behavior at end
1. requires performance of last component and reinforce
2. add the next-to-last component and reinforce until smooth and prompts have been faded
3. and so on
what are important component of backward chaining
- required terminal reinforcement
- a prompt or faded may be needed to elicit new component
- Requires less prompting than forward chaining
what is total task presentation
is using prompting to get the learner to perform the whole chain from start to finish, using prompting
using graduated guidance
ex: if a toddler is learning to wash their hand, the parents can physically take them through the process of washing their hands. Then eventually you can use gesture prompting and eventually less invasive prompting
what we need to consider with this method is
- task complexity
- leaner ability
-teacher ability
what are the other types of prompt
- written prompt
- picture prompt
- video modelling
3.self-instruction
what are long-term considerations in teaching an individual
However, if a learned chain is too long, responding
may decrease over time due to Weak conditional reinforcers and Weak terminal/primary reinforcers