Skills Acquisition: Stimulus Control

Question 1

Define motivating operation

Answer 1

Environmental variables that have effects on the value of an item and behavior associated with it

Question 2

How long are the effects of motivating operations?

Answer 2

Temporary

Question 3

Establishing operation

Answer 3

Increase the value of an item and evokes behavior associated with obtaining it

Question 4

Abolishing operation

Answer 4

Decreases the value of an item and abates behavior associated with obtaining it

Question 5

What is the four term contingency?

Answer 5

Motivation, antecedent, behavior, consequence

Question 6

Discrimination stimulus (SD)

Answer 6

The antecedent stimulus that is present when a behavior is reinforced

Question 7

Stimulus delta is…

Answer 7

Any antecedent stimulus that is present when a behavior is not reinforced

Question 8

Components of discrimination training:

Answer 8

Know the SD antecedent and target response in advance
Present the desired SD
Teach the target response to occur in response to the SD
Reinforce the target response
Do not reinforce incorrect responses

Question 9

Stimulus control is demonstrated when…

Answer 9

Responses occur in the presence of the desired antecedent stimuli and do not occur in response to other antecedent stimuli

Question 10

What is stimulus control transfer?

Answer 10

A behavior is more likely to occur in the presence of a particular stimulus (we call this the discriminative stimulus or SD) because the behavior has been reinforced only when the SD was present

Question 11

How to transfer stimulus control

Answer 11

Choose most appropriate Prompting strategy
Get the learners attention
Present the SD
Prompt the correct response
Reinforce the correct behavior using differential reinforcement (ie higher quality reinforcement for unprompted responses than prompted ones)
Transfer stimulus control by removing the prompts
Continue to reinforce unprompted responses

Question 12

What is error correction?

Answer 12

Involves additional practice or teaching trials contingent upon an incorrect response

Question 13

Prompts are ——— antecedent stimuli used to occasionally a correct response in the presence of a discriminative stimulus that will eventually control the behavior

Answer 13

Supplementary

Question 14

What are the two types of prompts?

Answer 14

Stimulus and response

Question 15

Stimulus prompts involve….

Answer 15

Modifying the stimuli to make it more salient

Question 16

Response prompts involve…..

Answer 16

Acting on the behavior itself

Question 17

What are the types of response prompts?

Answer 17

Verbal, gestural, response, and physical

Question 18

What is a verbal prompt?

Answer 18

Anything you say that causes them to engage in the correct response

Question 19

What is a gestural prompt?

Answer 19

Pointing or motioning that results in the correct response

Question 20

What is modeling?

Answer 20

Engaging in the correct response for the learner to imitate

Question 21

What is a physical prompt?

Answer 21

Providing any physical touch that results in the correct response

Question 22

How do you select the appropriate response?

Answer 22

Assess the learners repertoire and current situation/ target

Question 23

What method is commonly used to transfer stimulus control?

Answer 23

Prompt fading

Question 24

How do you fade prompts?

Answer 24

Most to least
Least to most
Time delay (0 second is also errorless)

Question 25

Transfer trials can include….

Answer 25

Transfer from one prompt level to the next (least intrusive) and using one mastered skill to teach another

Question 26

Prompting pitfalls:

Answer 26

Utilizing the wtong/incorrect type of prompt
Using too intrusive of a prompt
Inadvertently Prompting
Not prompting/ not prompting quickly enough
Not fading prompts