Questions and Answers
What is discrimination training?
What are the two types of discrimination training?
Describe simultaneous discrimination training.
It involves presenting multiple objects to the child and asking them to touch, point to, or pick one of the items.
Describe successive discrimination training.
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Which of the following is NOT a key term in discrimination training?
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What is an acquisition item?
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What does mastery refer to in discrimination training?
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What does mass trial involve?
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The process of gradually increasing the number of trials is known as __________.
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What is graduated random rotation?
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Study Notes
Discrimination Training Overview
- Discrimination training reinforces a target response only when a specific antecedent (SD) is present.
- The process helps children learn to differentiate between multiple SDs.
Types of Discrimination Training
- Two main types:
- Simultaneous discrimination training
- Successive discrimination training
Simultaneous Discrimination Training
- Involves presenting multiple objects at once.
- The child is instructed to touch, point to, or pick up a specific item.
Successive Discrimination Training
- Involves presenting the target and distractors one after another, not simultaneously.
Key Terms in Discrimination Training
- Terms include acquisition items/target, master target, distractor item, distractor trial, mass trial, random rotation, and mastery.
Acquisition Item / Target
- Refers to the current SD-response relationship being taught to the child.
- Indicates that the child is in the early stages of mastering a new skill.
Master Target
- Describes SD-response relationships that the child has already mastered.
Distractor Item
- Includes additional items not related to the target, used during stimulus presentation to aid in teaching discrimination.
- Distractor items can either be known or unknown to the child.
Distractor Trial
- Includes trials lacking the acquisition target to enhance discrimination skills.
- Can be used during simultaneous or successive presentation methods.
Mass Trial
- Involves repeated presentation of the SD across consecutive trials, ideal for initial teaching phases.
Random Rotation
- Refers to presenting two or more SDs in a random sequence to test the child’s ability to discriminate between them.
Mastery
- Mastery criteria define when a child has effectively learned a target.
- A target is considered mastered when the set criteria by a program supervisor are met.
Discrimination Training: Stimulus Presentation
- Focuses on target responses like pointing or picking up from a field of stimuli.
- Involves presenting targets and distractors together to facilitate learning.
Procedure Variations in Discrimination Training
- Includes expanded trials and graduated random rotation as key variations.
Expanded Trials
- Involves gradually increasing the time and number of trials before introducing random rotation.
Graduated Random Rotation
- Introduces mastered targets systematically into random rotation between mass trials and full random rotation.
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