EBT Final Exam |Question and Answer| 100% Correct

EBT Final Exam |Question and Answer| 100% Correct 1. Define behavioral cusp. *Ans* A behavioral cusp is skill that is identified as an instructional priority based on meeting some (not necessarily all) of the following criteria: • The skill is socially valid • Provides access to new reinforcers • Prerequisite skill (generativeness) • Competes with inappropriate responses • Important people affected/many people affected 2. Give three examples of behaviors that can be cusps *Ans* 1. Initiate Greetings 2. Ride in car/van 3. Wash Hands 3. Define prompt and state the terminal goal of prompting *Ans* • Stimuli that enhance instruction (e.g., a point cue) by increasing the likelihood of correct responding in the presence of the discriminative stimulus. • The terminal goal is to fade the prompt 4. What are the two decisions that must be made when using prompts? *Ans* • Which prompt to use • How to fade the prompt (how to transfer stimulus control from the prompt to the target stimulus) 5. Define and distinguish between response and stimulus prompts. Provide a specific example of each. *Ans* • Response prompts guide the student to respond during learning. For example, the teacher touches the student's elbow to turn the water on during a hand washing sequence. • Stimulus prompts involve a change in stimuli designed to guide the student to respond to a stimulus. For example, position cues (put correct stimulus closer to the student) 6. Define extra-stimulus prompt. Provide a specific example. *Ans* • An additional stimulus that is not relevant to the S+. • Student must respond to multiple cues. o Example: you are teaching sight words. The student has an array of three words (apple, orange, banana). the teacher says the word "apple" and points to the word apple in the array. 7. Define within-stimulus prompt. Provide a specific example. *Ans* • A feature of the S+ is exaggerated • The student does not need to respond to multiple cues (prompt is embedded) o Example: you are teaching sight words to a student who can indicate named pictures. An image of an apple is superimposed over the printed word apple. The opacity of the apple picture is faded. 8. What does it mean to transfer stimulus control? Why is transf