Exam 11: Chaining

Forward chaining and backward chaining both involve:

In the ____________________ method of baseline assessment, the initial discriminative stimulus is presented and the learner's ability to complete the chain is assessed, and in the ___________________ method the learner's ability to complete each individual component in the chain is assessed.

Which of the following is necessary when conducting a task analysis?

Doug's Mom is going to teach him how to make his bed.Doug's Mom conducts a task analysis to identify all the individual components involved in the task, and decides to teach the first behavior in the chain first, and then teach each subsequent behavior.Doug's Mom is using:

The individual component behaviors that occur in a behavioral chain are called ____________ components.

In which chaining procedure is the behavioral chain completed in every trial?

List 3 different ways to conduct a task analysis.

What is a behavioral chain?Provide an example.

A complex behavior that is made up of many component behaviors that occur together in a sequence is called a(n) _____________.

A researcher is going to use a behavioral chaining procedure to teach an individual with developmental disabilities to stuff brochures into envelopes.The researcher first goes through the process of identifying all the individual stimulus-response components in the chain.This process is called:

TFThe difference between forward chaining and backward chaining is where you begin training.

A teacher uses hand-over-hand guidance to teach a child to write his name.As the child begins to successfully complete the task, the teacher provides less and less assistance as she shadows the student's hand.This type of physical prompting and fading is referred to as:

Mark just got a computer.He follows the step by step written instructions in order to hook his computer up.This is an example of:

Which of the following strategies can be used to conduct a task analysis?

You need to train an individual with intellectual disability to fold towels for his new job at the hotel.He will stand at a table with a pile of unfolded towels on his left, pick up a towel, fold it in half twice and place the folded towel on another table to his right. What is the 1st step you would train in a backward chaining procedure? What is the 1st step you would train in a forward chaining procedure?

When you provide a reinforcer after each response in backward and forward chaining the outcome of that response becomes a:

What is a task analysis?

Every time Mary uses her DVR to record a television show, she verbally recites each step that she must go through in order to program the DVR.Mary is using:

In which of the following situations would it be inappropriate to use chaining?

TFGraduated guidance involves verbal and modeling prompts to lead the learner through the task.