Simple discriminations
Correct responding that requires discriminating one antecedent stimulus condition (SD) in which the response will produce reinforcement.
G. Behavior-Change Procedures
Stimulus equivalence
Defined as the untrained acquisition of a reflexive, symmetric, and transitive relation between stimuli that are in some way related.
Stimulus fading
A method of fading stimulus prompts by systematically and gradually lessening or removing them until control of an individual’s behavior transfers to the SD.
Stimulus prompt
A type of prompt that increases the salience of the SD and calls an individual’s attention to the stimulus that directs behavior, which is gradually faded out until the correct
Stimulus shape transformations
A method of fading stimulus prompts by starting with a stimulus that controls the desired response and systematically and gradually changing the shape of that stimulus into the SD that
Successive approximations
The gradual and progressive changes in criteria during a shaping procedure in ABA, with each change being closer in form to the desired terminal response.
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Symbolic matching-to-sample
A matching-to-sample procedure where clients are taught to match sample and comparison stimuli that are symbolically related, and not physically identical.
Symmetry
Defined as the trained relation of symbolically similar items and the demonstration of the relation in reverse without additional direct training (i.e., if A=B, then B=A).
Task analysis
A breakdown of a complex behavior into small, teachable units that establish a behavior chain (series of steps and tasks presented in a specific order) that must occur in a
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Test Your ABA Terminology ➠ DRL vs. DRD
Test your ABA knowledge of differential reinforcement procedures as PTB founder Dana Meller discusses the similarities and key differences between DRL and DRD procedures in ABA.
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Test your ABA Terminology ➠ Identify the Differential Reinforcement Procedure
Test your behavior-change procedures skills with PTB founder Dana Meller as she reviews a specific differential reinforcement procedure. Here, Dana compares and contrasts all of the differential reinforcement procedures: #DRL vs. #,DRD, #DRH, #DRO, as well as #DRA vs. #DRI.
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The Ultimate Reinforcement Schedules Showdown ➠ FT/VT vs. FI/VI
PTB founder Dana Meller delves into the differences and nuances between fixed-time (FT) and variable-time (VT) schedules, as well as fixed-interval (FI) and variable-interval (VI) schedules.
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