Topic 10 Flashcards
prompting
- giving stimuli before and during performance of behavior to increase the likelihood that person will engage in the target behavior at the correct time
- function is to produce instance of correct behavior so it can be reinforced
what to prompts supplement?
normal S^D or modify it to make it more salient or make s-delta less salient
response prompt
behavior of another person that evokes the target behavior from the target person when S^D is also present
- varies intrusiveness
- one person exerting control over another
verbal prompt
hints, instructions, commands or other spoken words used to guide or direct behavior
- modeling prompt
- effective because people have a history of reinforcement for following instructions and develop generalized instruction following repertoire
- instructions have stimulus control over instruction-following behavior
gestural prompt
physical movements that indicate how, where or what behavior to perform
- in the presence of S^D
modeling prompt
demonstration of entire target behavior by another person
- observes and imitates modeled behavior in presence of S^D
- effective because people have history of reinforcement for imitating models and develop generalized imitative behavior
physical guidance prompt
another person physically assists in execution of target behavior
- hand-over-hand guidance in which trainer guides person’s hand through behavior
- physical prompting
three-step prompting
use prompts progressively, starting with verbal, modeling then physical guidance prompts
stimulus prompt
- S^D is changed (within stimulus) or stimulus is added (extra-stimulus) or removed to encourage target behavior
- change S^D or S-delta that makes S^D more salient and S-delta less salient so person is more likely to respond to S^D
within-stimulus prompt
changing the S^D in some way
extra-stimulus prompt
adding a stimulus to S^D
picture prompts
drawings or photos
- Wacker and Berg help adolescents with intellectual disabilities complete complex vocational tasks correctly
auditory prompts
sounds
- no speech
environmental prompts
alterations or additions to physical surroundings in which S^D is presented
stimulus control
prompts are faded, reduced or eliminated so that target behavior occurs to the normal S^D alone, behavior continues to be reinforced
- prompting and fading help establish
fading
gradual elimination of prompting as the behavior continues to occur in presence of S^D so that eventually it is no longer needed
- transferred from prompts to S^D