A Teacher Used Prompting in Order to Get a Student

question 38

Multiple Choice

A teacher used prompting in order to get a student to pronounce written words correctly.When the student begins pronouncing the words correctly just by seeing them,the teacher begins to remove the prompts.The gradual removal of prompts while the behavior is occurring in the presence of the discriminative stimulus is called:​

• A) ​prompt withdrawal
• B) ​shaping
• C) ​fading
• D) ​reduction

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Definitions:

Physical Changes

Alterations in the physical state or appearance of a substance or organism that do not involve a change in its composition or identity.

Memory Processes

The mechanisms through which information is encoded, stored, and retrieved in the brain.

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance of a learned response after extinction has occurred.

Counterconditioning

A therapy technique used to replace an undesired response to a stimulus with a desired response, by associating the stimulus with a new, more desirable behavior.