Transitions Between Stages in the Life of a Child with Disabilities

question 22

Multiple Choice

Transitions between stages in the life of a child with disabilities are difficult because

• A)the next stage always brings on overwhelming challenges.
• B)parents tend to think the next stage will lead to resolutions to many of their current problems.
• C)parents of children with disabilities tend to be in denial about the fact that their child is getting older.
• D)each new phase presents uncertainty to the family.

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Definitions:

Stimulus Discrimination

The ability to differentiate between various stimuli, responding differently based on their distinct characteristics.

Classical Conditioning

The process in which learning is achieved by regularly pairing two stimuli until a response once caused by the second stimulus becomes caused by the first stimulus.

Conditioned Stimulus

A stimulus that was once neutral but, after pairing with an unconditioned stimulus, now triggers a conditioned response.

Higher-order Conditioning

A form of conditioning involving the modification of reaction to a neutral stimulus by first associating this stimulus with another conditioned stimulus.