Generalized imitation When a novel model evokes an imitative response without prior training. 5th Edition Task ListG-5 Use modeling and imitation training. 6th Edition TCOB.24 Identify and distinguish between imitation and observational learning. Related Content Unplanned model These are the naturally occurring models that exist in a person’s daily life and community settings that evoke imitative behaviors.Planned model In imitation training, this is the model established in advance for the purpose of helping a person develop certain skills by observing others perform a behavior.Observational learning Learning that occurs through indirect contact with the consequences experienced by other people (e.g., observing another person emit a response and the subsequent consequences for that response informs the observer’s…Controlled relation When the model is the only controlling variable for an imitative behavior, which is necessary for the response to be considered imitation.Modeling A strategy for teaching new skills by using a live or symbolic model to demonstrate an exact behavior needed to perform a skill and teaching the client to imitate the…Let's Break Down a BCBA® Mock Exam Question: Let's Get Physical with Imitation Training & Formal Similarity PTB co-founder Dana Meller reviews a BCBA® mock exam question that targets the essential aspects of imitation training, breaking down the four defining features of successful imitation and how these elements contribute to effective learning and skill acquisition. Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Section G-5: Use modeling and imitation training.
