Shaping/ Chaining

Process of differentially reinforcing successive approximations to a target behavior

Example: Teaching juice, juh, joo, juice

• Task Analysis

• Shaping

True or False: Initially when shaping, reinforcement is provided for a response that is similar to the target response

• True

• False

When using shaping as a teaching procedure, you should never backup and reinforce previous responses

• True

• False

Directly teaching and reinforcing the steps of a behavior to its final step

• Shaping

• Chaining

What is NOT an example of chaining?

• Forward

• Backward

• MTD

• Task analysis

When target behaviors are broken down into steps

• Task Analysis

• Forward Chaining

• Maintenance

• Backward Chaining

Begins with the first step in the chain

• Forward

• Backward

Last step is taught first, the second to last, and so on until they learn the first step

• Backward

• Forward

What is NOT an advantages of shaping?

• Allows reinforcement immediately

• Leads child to correct response

• Reinforcement is not provided immediately

• Reduces frustration for the child

True or false: Shaping criterion for the target behavior is set at increasing levels

• True

• False