PSYB45H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Backward Chaining, Task Analysis, Stimulus Control
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Chapter 11 getting a new sequence of behaviours to. Teaching steve to follow a consistent preputt routine. Steve established a preputt routine because he realized that the reason he was unable to win a tournament because of his inconsistent preputt routine and it worked. Maintains the stimuli in the chain as affective sds for the responses that follow them. Studying for an exam, writing an exam and attending the next class represent a sequence of behaviours which consists of a variety of activities with many breaks of action aka is not a behaviour chain. It is not made up of a consistent series of stimuli and responses that occur closely in time. Individual attempts all of the steps from the beginning to the end of the chain on each trial and continues with total task trials until that person learns the chain. Prompting is provided as needed, and a reinforcer follows the correct completion of the last step.
