Stimulus fade - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

EBT Final Exam |Question and Answer| 100% Correct 1. Define behavioral cusp. *Ans* A behavioral cusp is skill that is identified as an instructional priority based on meeting some (not necessarily all) of the following criteria: • The skill is socially valid • Provides access to new reinforcers • Prerequisite skill (generativeness) • Competes with inappropriate responses • Important people affected/many people affected 2. Give three examples of behaviors that can be cusps *An...

Sensation correct answer: characteristics of incoming stimuli Perception correct answer: processes used to create a meaningful interpretation of sensations Transduction correct answer: external messages translated into language we can understand Light correct answer: transduced in vision; form of electromagnetic signals Anatomy of the Eye (Vision) correct answer: cornea and lens -> pupil -> retina -> receptor cells (rods and cones) -> optical nerve -> brain Dep...

Levels of processing theory Craik & Lockhart (1972). Retention of items in memory based on level of depth of processing (deep vs shallow). Maintenance rehearsal (simple repetition) vs elaborative rehearsal (forming semantic associations with the material. Craik and Tulving (1975) Study: effects of elaboration of processing in a recognition memory task. Shallow (physical characteristics) / deeper (sound)/deepest (meaning) by asking questions about the word. Nelson & McEvoy Stud...

In the Discrete Trial cycle, the prompt should occur when? Simultaneously with the instruction, or just after it The following is an example of which transfer procedure? SD: Point to the cat? R: child points to cat SD: What is it? (holding cat card) R: child says "cat." Listener response to tact transfer Outcome recording could be used for which behavior? Writing an essay Competent Training Programs and Supervised Work Experiences include all of the following, EXCEPT? ...

Absolute Threshold - ANSWER Least Energy for correct stimulus to detect 50% of the Time. Just Noticeable Difference - ANSWER Smallest difference between two thing can be detected 50% of the time -difference in two weight Top-down Processing - ANSWER experience/expectations -listening to your favorite song bc you know how you'll feel -past experiences -Perception Bottom-up Processing - ANSWER Making new sense of new material -hearing a new song for the first time Perception - A...

Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) - connected with IDEA - students spend as much time as possible mainstreamed in general education courses IEP Goals and objectives - one annual goal: 3 objectives // smaller benchmarks that the client will meet throughout the year Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) - federal law passed in 1975 // required schools to provide education to eligible individuals // Purpose: FAPE - free and public education 3 term contingency - Antecedent, Behav...

ABA RBT definitionsApplied Behavior Analysis - correct answer The science of human behavior as applied to real life situations. It is the application of behavior laws to change socially significant behavior to a meaningful degree. Behavior - correct answer Any observable movement of a living thing. Have one or more dimensions that can be observed and measured, impacts the environment, bound by laws. Covert Behaviors - correct answer Behaviors that cannot be observed by others, exp, thought...

Michelle's CPDT Prep questions and answers latest top score. Positive (P+) - correct answer. adds something to the environment Reinforcement - correct answer. increases behavior Punishment - correct answer. decreases the behavior Positive Reinforcement (R+) - correct answer. ADDS something to promote an INCREASE in behavior (e.g. feed a treat) Positive Punishment (P+) [FEAR or PAIN] - correct answer. ADDS something to promote a DECREASE in behavior (e...

BIOL 235: CHAPTER 16 (VERRIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS) sensation - CORRECT ANSWER-consicous or subconscious awareess of changes in external or interal environment perception - CORRECT ANSWER-consicous awareness and interprtation of sensations and is primarly a function of the cerebral cortex sensory modality - CORRECT ANSWER-each unique type of sensation (touch, pain, vision, hearing) general senses - CORRECT ANSWER-somatic and visceral senses somatic senses - CORRECT ANSWER-somat= o...

BCBA Section GEffective use of reinforcement - correct answer Initial criterion should be easy to achieve Vary reinforcers Use direct reinforcers Use a dense schedule at first and gradually fade Gradually move from contrived contingencies to natural contingencies Gradually move from intermittent and delayed schedules Use contingent attention and behavior specific praise Pair SR procedures with prompting Premack Principle - correct answer AKA Grandmas Law, relativity theor...