Shaping and Chaining

Question 1

If a behavior is maintained:

Answer 1

Then the individual continues to perform it after intervention has stopped

Question 2

A time delay method for fading prompts would be:

Answer 2

Delay the delivery of prompts and wait for the person to respond

Question 3

When behaviors are being maintained, reinforcement schedules move from:

Answer 3

Thick to thin

Question 4

Which of the following statements is true regarding learning complex behaviors?

Answer 4

Complex behaviors cannot be learned all at once

Question 5

Although components of shaping programs sometimes need to be retaught, shaping always moves:

Answer 5

In a forward direction

Question 5

. Forward chaining involves:

Answer 5

Teaching the beginning steps and reinforcing each subsequent step

Question 6

Teaching with multiple instructions helps learners to generalize because:

Answer 6

They can respond to different cues found in the natural environment

Question 7

Which of the following is true about chaining?

Answer 7

It involves a step-wise progression of similar skills

Question 8

Why is it important for learners to generalize new behavior?

Answer 8

So they can use it in a meaningful way across different situations

Question 9

Walter can ride a bicycle and shoot a basketball through a hoop, but he cannot draw a picture of a dog. Which of the skills would you say are in Walter’s “behavioral repertoire?”

Answer 9

Riding a bicycle and shooting a basketball through a hoop

Question 10

Which of the following could be a successive approximation for shaping the behavior of “having a conversation”?

Answer 10

Saying “hello” to another person

Question 11

Which prompt fading strategy involves using the most intrusive prompt initially then fading to a less intrusive prompt?

Answer 11

Decreasing assistance

Question 12

Which of the following is an illustration of most-to-least prompting?

Answer 12

Partial physical, modeling, visual, gestural