Shaping and Chaining

Backward chaining involves:

Teaching the ending steps to the chain first and then teaching earlier steps

Which best describes a task analysis?

Target behaviors broken down into steps

If a behavior is maintained:

Then the individual continues to perform it after intervention has stopped

Which of the following is an advantage of backward chaining:

The learner experiences the culmination of the steps of the chain more quickly

Which would be the next step in a shaping program to increase time on task from 3 minutes?

4 minutes

______ is when target behaviors are broken down into steps.

Task analysis

Why is it important for learners to generalize new behavior?

So they can use it in a meaningful way across different situations

Which of the following could be a successive approximation for shaping the behavior of "having a conversation"?

Saying “hello” to another person

Teaching with multiple instructions helps learners to generalize because:

They can respond to different cues found in the natural environment

Which of the following is true about chaining?

It involves a step-wise progression of similar skills

Which of the following is an illustration of most-to-least prompting?

Partial physical, modeling, visual, gestural

Which prompt fading strategy involves using the most intrusive prompt initially then fading to a less intrusive prompt?

Decreasing assistance

Although components of shaping programs sometimes need to be retaught, shaping always moves:

In a forward direction