Program common stimuli
A method to program for generalization during instruction that ensures the SDs used in the instructional setting are similar or the same as those used in the generalization setting/natural environment.
Programmed instruction
An individualized instructional method based on shaping procedures. Students are presented a sequence of graded steps that must be learned in a specific order before moving on to the next
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Progressive schedule of reinforcement
A variation of basic intermittent schedules of reinforcement in which the criteria for reinforcement is systematically increased, independent of the client’s behavior, until responding stops (the breaking point).
Progressive-ratio schedule reinforcer assessment
A reinforcer assessment that identifies the relative effectiveness of a potential reinforcer when response requirements are progressively increased until a breaking point is reached (i.e., responding decreases or stops).
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6th Edition TCO
Publicly posted feedback
Praise for an individual is posted in a public location for all staff to see.
Punishment
A stimulus change following a behavior that results in that behavior occurring less often or not at all in the future.
Pure tact
A tact response that is exclusively controlled by a nonverbal SD and no other antecedent stimuli.
Pure verbal behavior
A verbal behavior that has one source of antecedent control (e.g., a mand that is only controlled by an MO or a tact that is only controlled by a nonverbal
Quarterly intersect line of progress
A method of analyzing the trend of the data on a line graph that involves dividing the data into two equal parts and establishing intersections for mid-rate and mid-date points
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