Quiz: Prompting, Chaining, and Behavioral
Skills Training
Score for this quiz: 70 out of 70
Question 1
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Paul’s shop teacher is teaching him how to use an electric sander. The shop teacher places his hands
over Paul’s and guides Paul through the correct motions. Hand-over-hand guidance is an example of a
____________ prompt.
physical
Question 2
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Which of the following is NOT a method of transferring stimulus control?
prompt satiation
Question 3
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Brian has been teaching his son to shoot a basketball correctly. Initially, Brian lowered the backboard
and used a smaller ball to increase the chances his son would shoot the ball correctly. Once his son
begins having success, Brian begins to raise the backboard and use a larger ball. This is an example of:
stimulus fading
Question 4
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Which of the following is a major category of prompts?
A and B response and stimulus
Question 5
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Tony’s basketball coach just put him into the game, but Tony does not know which player on the
opposing team he is supposed to guard on defense. The coach points to the player that Tony is to guard.
This is an example of a ____________ prompt.
gestural
Question 6
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The procedures of prompting and fading are used to:
all of these (develop stimulus control, get existing behavior to occur at the correct time, develop
new behaviors)
Question 7
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Which of the following is a guideline for using prompting and transfer of stimulus control correctly?
all of these (present the discriminative stimulus and the appropriate prompt, transfer stimulus
control to the natural discriminative stimulus, reinforce the correct behavior)
Question 8
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In which of the following situations would it be appropriate to use prompting and transfer of stimulus
control?
A and C (the person has not learned the behavior, the person does not do the behavior in the
correct situation)
Question 9
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When using prompting and transfer of stimulus control, the use of ____________ gets the correct
behavior to occur, and the use of ____________ transfers stimulus control to the natural discriminative
stimulus.
prompting ; fading
Question 10
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Which of the following is (are) necessary for prompting and transfer of stimulus control to be considered
complete?
A and B (prompts have been completely removed, behavior consistently occurs when the
prompt is presented)
Question 11
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When the behavior of one individual leads to the desired behavior of another individual in the presence
of the discriminative stimulus it is called a ____________ prompt.
response
Question 12
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When a student uses flash cards with questions on one side and answers on the other side to study for a
test, it is an example of a(an) ____________ prompt.
extra-stimulus
Question 13
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When using prompting and transfer of stimulus control, a reinforcer should be delivered when the
behavior occurs:
all of these (in the presence of the discriminative stimulus, following removal of a prompt,
following a prompt)
Question 14
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When you provide a reinforcer after each response in backward and forward chaining the outcome of
that response becomes a:
conditioned reinforcer
Question 15
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What type of prompt is most often used with total task presentation?
physical
Question 16
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Each step in the behavioral chain consists of a:
A and C (discriminative stimulus, response)
Question 17
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The individual component behaviors that occur in a behavioral chain are called ____________
components.
stimulus-response
Question 18
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A researcher is teaching an adult with developmental disabilities how to stuff brochures into envelopes.
The researcher teaches the entire behavioral chain as a single unit, and the individual completes the
entire task on every learning trial. Which chaining procedure is the researcher using?
total task presentation
Question 19
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Andrew just got a new puppy, and his Mom is going to use a chaining procedure to teach Andrew all the
steps involved in feeding the puppy. If his Mom teaches him the last behavior in the chain first and then
backward chaining
Question 20
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Which of the following is a guideline for using chaining?
a and b (choose an appropriate chaining procedure , develop a task analysis)
Question 21
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In which of the following situations would it be inappropriate to use chaining?
noncompliance
Question 22
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When using a behavioral chain, a(an) ____________ makes the outcome of the chain more reinforcing.
establishing operation
Question 23
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Forward chaining and backward chaining both involve:
all of these (teaching one component of the behavioral chain at a time, the use of prompting and
fading, the use of reinforcers after each response in the chain)
Question 24
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Every time Mary uses her DVR to record a television show, she verbally recites each step that she must
go through in order to program the DVR. Mary is using:
self-instructions
Question 25
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In order for the behavioral chain to continue to occur, the last behavior in the chain must be:
reinforced
Question 26
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Which of the following is true concerning a behavioral chain?
A and B (each subsequent response depends on the preceding response, each subsequent
response is independent of the preceding response)
Question 27
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Which of the following is a component of the behavioral skills training procedure?
all of these
Question 28
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Which behavioral skills training component functions as the behavioral aspect of a three-term
contingency?
rehearsal
Question 29
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A teacher shows students a film demonstrating what they should do in case of a fire. Which component
of behavioral skills training involves demonstrating the correct behavior for the learner?
modeling
Question 30
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Feedback functions as a (an) ____________ following rehearsal of the correct behavior, and as a (an)
__________ when feedback is provided as instructions to improve performance in the next rehearsal.
reinforcer; antecedent
Question 31
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What is the behavioral procedure called that involves the use of instructions, modeling, rehearsal, and
feedback?
behavioral skills training procedure
Question 32
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Which of the following is NOT true concerning the use of feedback?
corrective feedback should be given before praise
Question 33
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Which component of the behavioral skills training procedure is an antecedent strategy?
A and B (Instructions, modeling)
Question 34
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Which of the following factors increases the effectiveness of modeling?
A and B (reinforcement of the model’s behavior, the opportunity for imitation after observing
the model)
Question 35
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In order to increase their effectiveness, instructions should be:
all of these (understandable to the learner, delivered by a credible person, repeated by the
learner)
Question 36
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Which of the following is an example of symbolic modeling?
A and C (observing a cartoon character engage in the target behavior, observing a video of a peer
engaging in the target behavior)
Question 37
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Rehearsing the behavior is an important part of behavioral skills training because it:
all of these (demonstrates whether the learner has learned the behavior, provides the chance for
reinforcement of the behavior, provides the opportunity to correct errors)
Question 38
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A psychologist instructs parents how to deal with their disobedient son, and then the parents practice.
Following the rehearsal, the psychologist praises them for what they did correctly and gives them further
instruction for things they did incorrectly. Delivering praise and further instruction following rehearsal is
referred to as:
feedback
Question 39
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The components of the behavioral skills training procedure are generally used:
together in a training session
Question 40
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Which of the following factors increases the effectiveness of rehearsal?
the context in which the behavior is rehearsed
Quiz Score: 70 out of 70
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