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1
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Behaviours that shouldn’t occur or occur too often are called…

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Behavioural Excesses

2
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Behaviours that don’t occur often enough or should occur but do not are called…

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Behavioural deficits

3
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What is the name given to the process of learning a new behaviour?

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Behavioural acquisition

4
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Name 3 behavioural acquisition strategies.

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Shaping, Chaining and Prompting

5
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Define shaping

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The development of new behaviour through reinforcement of successive approximations of behaviour

6
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When is shaping used?

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When developing new behaviours or changing dimensions of existing behaviour

7
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What is the first step in the shaping process?

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Identify the target behaviour;

Choose a suitable starting point that is in learner’s repertoire & resembles target

8
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What should be done if the learner is failing to acquire steps? (Too fast)

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Go back to previous steps. May have to break steps up.

9
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Why might the learner be stuck on a step?

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Moving too quickly: hasn’t mastered criteria of previous step. OR
Moving too slowly: bored or contingency has become too strong

10
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Define Chaining

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The development of a complex behaviour through the reinforcement of a specified sequence of behaviours

11
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In chaining, what is the end goal?

Think antecedents and consequences

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For each step to become a conditioned reinforcer for the previous step and an Sd for the next step

12
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What does Task Analysis refer to?

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Detailed specification of all the component steps within a behavioural chain

13
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Name 3 ways oncoming up with a task analysis

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  • Perform the skill and record steps
  • observe competent individuals “”
  • ask an expert