Skills Acquisition: Question / Answers

Question 1

Matt is providing 20 minutes on a tablet every time his client engages in prosocial behavior. His client loves being on his tablet. Matt is providing ______________________ .

Answer 1

Positive Reinforcement

Question 2

If a therapist uses a delay to determine if a client can do a skill independently, and if the client needs help the therapist prompts, it is called ______________________.

Answer 2

Time Delay Prompting

Question 3

Harry is removing a token every time his client hits him. Harry is providing ______________________.

Answer 3

Negative Punishment

Question 4

Martha is providing a treat every 10 times her dog sits. Martha is providing ______________________.

Answer 4

Continuous Reinforcement

Question 5

Martha stops providing a treat every time the dog sits, and provides a treat after the dog sits three times. Martha is providing ______________________.

Answer 5

Intermittent Reinforcement

Question 6

Carrie is using a visual schedule for a client. She is using ______________________.

Answer 6

Visual Prompting

Question 7

Reprimanding a client is typically ______________________.

Answer 7

Punishment

Question 8

Positioning the correct card closer to a client is called

______________________.

Answer 8

Positional Prompting

Question 9

If a therapist starts by providing the most prompting in the beginning and slowly fades the prompts as the client becomes sufficient at the skill, it is called ______________________.

Answer 9

Most to Least Prompting

Question 10

Physically moving the client to a toothbrush is called ______________________.

Answer 10

Physical Prompting

Question 11

Breaking a task into smaller pieces is called ______________________.

Answer 11

Task Analysis

Question 12

Reinforcing one behavior in the presence of a stimuli and not reinforcing the
behavior in the absence of that stimuli is called ______________________.

Answer 12

Discrimination training

Question 13

If Tom does not reinforce his client saying ball in the presence of a truck, the truck
serves as the ______________________.

Answer 13

S delta

Question 14

If Callie is prompting all the steps of a chain with a client, but training the client to do the last step independently, she is using ______________________.

Answer 14

Backwards Chaining

Question 15

If Tom reinforces his client saying ball in the presence of a ball, the ball serves as the ______________________.

Answer 15

SD

Question 16

If Ginger is giving her client quick learning trials presented in quick succession, she is using ______________________.

Answer 16

Discrete Trial Training

Question 17

If Ginger starts teaching her client through play, motivation, choice, and interspersing mastered skills, she is using ______________________.

Answer 17

Naturalistic Training Procedures

Question 18

If a client must master the first step of a chain before moving on to the next step it is calling ______________________.

Answer 18

Forwards Chaining

Question 19

If Vera says the first part of the correct answer for her client, she is using ______________________.

Answer 19

Verbal Prompting

Question 20

Paul models the correct skills to his client, he is using ______________________.

Answer 20

Model Prompting