DefinitionbnofbnImitationbn-bncorrectbnanswer✔ ✔
•Abnmodelbnstimulusbnisbnpresentedbninbnanbneffortbntobnevokebnthebnimitativeb
nbehavior
•Thebnimitativebnbehaviorbnfollowsbnimmediately
•Thebnmodelbnandbnbehaviorbnmustbnhavebnformalbnsimilarity
•Thebnmodelbnmustbnservebnasbnabncontrollingbnvariablebnforbnthebnimitativebnbe
haviorbn(SD)
TypesbnofbnModelsbn-bncorrectbnanswer✔ ✔ •Plannedbnmodels
-Pre-arrangedbnantecedentbnstimulibnthatbnhelpbnlearnersbnacquirebnnewbnskills
-Showsbnthebnlearnerbnexactlybnwhatbntobndo
•Unplannedbnmodels
-Occurbninbneverydaybnsocialbninteractions
FormalbnSimilaritybn-bncorrectbnanswer✔ ✔
•Thebnmodelbnandbnthebnbehaviorbnphysicallybnresemblebneachbnother
Immediacybn-bncorrectbnanswer✔ ✔
•Thebntemporalbnrelationbnbetweenbnthebnmodelbnandbnthebnoccurrencebnofbnt
hebnimitativebnbehaviorbnisbnverybnimportant
,•Imitationbnmaybnalsobnoccurbnatbnlaterbntimesbnandbninbnthebncontextbnofbnevery
daybnlifebnsituations
-
However,bnwhenbnthisbnoccursbninbnthebnabsencebnofbnabnmodel,bnitbnisbnnotbnimit
ation
Thebndiscriminativebnfeaturesbnofbnthebnenvironmentbnarebndifferentbninbnthisbn
contextbn(i.e.,bnthebnmodelbnisbnnotbncontrollingbnthebnbehavior
ControlledbnRelationbn-bncorrectbnanswer✔ ✔
•Thebncontrollingbnrelationbnbetweenbnthebnmodelbnandbnthebnimitativebnbeha
viorbnisbnparamount
•Thisbnisbnbestbnevidencedbnwhenbnthebnmodelbnisbnnovelbnandbnitbnstillbnevokesbn
anbnimitativebnresponse
-
Afterbnthisbnfirstbnoccurrence,bnthebnnewbnbehaviorbnhasbnabnhistorybnofbnreinfor
cement
-Becomesbnabndiscriminatedbnoperant
ImitationbnTrainingbn-bncorrectbnanswer✔ ✔
•Somebnchildrenbnwithbndisabilitiesbnrequirebninstructionbninbnorderbntobnlear
nbntobnimitate
•Objective:bntobnteachbnchildrenbntobn"dobnwhatbnthebnmodelbndoes"
-Generalizebnabnrulebntobnimitatebnmodels
-Alsobnknownbnasbngeneralizedbnimitation
, StepsbntobnImitationbnTraining(Striefel,bn1974)bn-bncorrectbnanswer✔ ✔
•Assessbnandbnteachbnanybnprerequisitebnskillsbnforbnimitationbntraining
•Selectbnmodelsbnforbntraining
•Pretest
•Sequencebnmodelsbnforbntraining
•Performbnimitationbntraining
Assessing/TeachingbnPrerequisitebnSkillsbn-bncorrectbnanswer✔ ✔
•Prerequisitebnskillsbnneeded:
-
Attendingbn(stayingbnseated,bnkeepingbnhandsbninbnlap,bnlookingbnatbnteacherbn
whenbnnamebnisbncalled,bnlookingbnatbnobjectsbnwhenbnpromptedbnbybnteacher)
-
Problembnbehaviorsbnthatbnmaybninterferebnwithbntrainingbnmaybnneedbntobnbebn
decreased
SelectingbnModelsbnforbnTrainingbn-bncorrectbnanswer✔ ✔
•Beginbnwithbnselectingbnaboutbn25
•Includebngrossbnandbnfinebnmotorbnexamples
-Movementbnofbnbodybnparts
-Manipulationbnofbnphysicalbnobjects