GENERALIZATION AND MAINTENANCE PART 1

One way to promote response variation is to set up the teaching environment so the learner has to complete the target response in a different way than it was originally taught.

True

Teaching loosely promotes generalization by bringing the student's attention to the important aspects of the environment that should cue the target response and by increasing flexibility when non-critical aspects of the environment change.

True

Which of the following is NOT a reason why generalization of skills is important?

When generalization occurs it shows that you are a good teacher

For which one of the following skills might you use the strategy of programming common stimuli in order to promote generalization?

Janitorial skills for employment

Jane is an RBT and is teaching her client to read the word DOG. If Jane wants to use the strategy of teaching multiple stimulus examples, she should use which of the following materials during her teaching sessions?

Cards with the word DOG written in a variety of fonts Cards with the word DOG written in a variety of sizes Cards with the word DOG written in capital letters and lower case letters ALL OF THE ABOVE

Bobby is an RBT and is teaching his student to complete a ten-question worksheet. Bobby begins by providing reinforcement after every question that the student completes. After a few days of teaching, he begins to provide reinforcement after every two questions the student completes, then after every four questions, and then only after the student completes the entire worksheet. This is an example of what generalization strategy?

Fading reinforcement

Which strategy helps to ensure that a target response continues when natural reinforcement levels are in place?

Fading reinforcement

When using the generalization strategies of teaching multiple stimulus or multiple response examples, there is a set number of stimuli or responses that should be taught in order for generalization to occur.

False

Which best describes the strategy of programming common stimuli?

Identifying salient features in the environment where the target response should occur and bringing those into the teaching environment.

A student is learning to raise his hand to ask questions in his inclusion classroom. His therapist first teaches him this skill during their private sessions by using an index card that says, "Raise your hand if you have a question." After teaching is complete, this same card is placed on the student's desk to remind him to raise his hand. This is an example of which generalization strategy?

Mediating reinforcement with instructional material

When using the generalization strategy of teaching multiple stimulus examples, untrained stimulus examples should be tested at what point?

Periodically throughout the teaching process

A student is taught to count by 5s up to 100. Without teaching, the student then demonstrates the skill of counting by 10s to 100. What type of generalization is this an example of?

Response generalization

Which is an example of a response that serves the same function as giving a high-five and that could be taught when using the generalization strategy of teaching multiple responses.

Say, "We did it!"

There are some skills where response variation is necessary and some skills where response variation is problematic. For which of the following skills would response variation not be desirable?

Spelling your own name

You have taught a student to wash his hands in the school bathroom. Without direct teaching, the student demonstrates the skill of hand washing in the school kitchen, at home, and at his afterschool program. This is an example of which type of generalization?

Stimulus/setting generalization

One way to mediate generalization is to...

Teach the learner self-monitoring skills

Maria is an RBT who is teaching her client, Becky, to start conversations with her friends at school. Maria teaches Becky to do this during recess but soon Maria begins to notice that Becky is starting conversations with her friends at inappropriate times, such as in class when the teacher is talking. Maria gives Becky a written list of school situations during which she should start conversations with her friends, and another list of school situations during which she should not start conversations with her friends. This strategy is called...

Teaching "don't do it" examples

A client is learning to tie his shoes. Each time he practices this skill, the teacher changes some non-critical aspect of the environment - such as the chair the client is sitting on or how loud it is in the room. This is an example of what generalization strategy?

Teaching loosely

The strategy of teaching "Don't do it" examples involves...

Teaching situations in which the target behavior should and should not occur.

Which of the following describes response generalization?

The extent to which untrained responses are demonstrated that serve the same function as the originally trained response.