Prompting and Transfer of Stimulus Control

Flashcards covering key terms and definitions related to prompting and the transfer of stimulus control, including types of prompts, fading techniques, and different prompting strategies.

Prompting

Increases the likelihood that an individual will engage in the correct behavior at the correct time.

Transfer of Stimulus Control

Occurs when the correct behavior occurs at the right time without any assistance, following the fading of prompts.

Prompt

An antecedent stimulus or event that controls a response, getting the behavior to occur in the correct situation so it can be reinforced. (SD + prompt -> R -> SR)

Response prompts

Prompts that involve the behavior of another person, such as verbal, gestural, modeling, or physical prompts. These are considered intrusive.

Stimulus prompts

Prompts that involve a change in an antecedent stimulus, such as changing a stimulus, or adding/removing a stimulus to make a correct response more likely.

Verbal prompt

A response prompt where another person says something to guide the correct behavior (e.g., telling someone to step on the brake).

Gestural prompt

A response prompt where another person uses a gesture to indicate the correct behavior (e.g., pointing to a player to guard).

Modeling prompt

A response prompt where another person demonstrates the correct behavior (e.g., showing how to ride a bicycle).

Physical prompt

A response prompt where another person physically guides the individual through the correct motions (e.g., hand-over-hand guidance), considered intrusive.

Learning Trial

A sequence of presenting the discriminative stimulus (SD), prompting the correct response, and providing a reinforcer to get the correct response to occur so it can be reinforced.

Fading

The gradual removal of a prompt across learning trials until the prompt is no longer provided, allowing the response to occur in the presence of the SD.

Prompt fading

The gradual removal of a response prompt (verbal, gestural, modeling, or physical) across learning trials.

Stimulus fading

The gradual removal of a stimulus prompt, where changes in the antecedent stimulus are progressively reduced.

Prompt delay

A procedure where the SD is presented, a specified number of seconds are waited, and then the prompt is presented only if needed.

Least-to-most prompting

A prompting strategy that begins with the least intrusive prompt first, and uses more intrusive prompts only as necessary to get the correct behavior to occur.

Most-to-least prompting

A prompting strategy that begins with the most intrusive prompt first, and then systematically fades to less intrusive prompts as the learner becomes more successful.