PSYCO282 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Stimulus Control
19 Mar 2016
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No t e b o o k: behavior mod. Prompt: giving a stimulus during discrimination training to increase the likelihood that a person will engage in the correct behavior at the correct time. Used to produce an instance of the correct behavior so that it can be reinforced. Response prompts: a type of prompt in which the trainer engages in a behavior to induce the client to engage in the target behavior in the presence of the discriminative stimulus. Verbal prompt: a prompt in which the verbal behavior of another person results in the correct behavior of the trainee in the presence of the discriminative stimulus. Gestural prompt: a physical movement or gesture of another person that leads to the correct behavior in the presence of the discriminative stimulus. Modeling prompt: a type of prompt in which the trainer demonstrates the target behavior for the learner.
