Discrimination training in ABA
Lesson 19 of 36 in RBT Exam Prep. The start plays free here.
- Distinguish among choices
- Select based on the instruction
- More than just touching a picture
- Present coat, shoes, and pants
- Instruction sets the correct picture
- Reinforce the correct selection
- Rotate the target across trials
- All 43 outline tasks
- 85 questions, 90 minutes
- Explains each wrong answer
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How the lesson starts
A client can touch a picture without identifying what you named. Discrimination training teaches the client to distinguish among choices, so the selection matches your instruction.
You are teaching a client to identify clothing pictures. Present coat, shoes, and pants together on each trial. The client must select the picture that matches your instruction.
Then, in the full lesson
- The SD
- The distracters
- Different consequences
- Trial rhythm
- Rotate the target
- 2 questions along the way
A question from this lesson
You present pictures of a cup, spoon, and plate and say, “Touch spoon.” Which selection should receive reinforcement?
- Selecting the spoon picture
- Selecting any picture in the array
- Selecting the cup picture
Show the answer
A. Selecting the spoon picture. Selecting the spoon picture matches the instruction. Reinforcing any picture removes the reinforcement contrast. Selecting cup is a distracter response on this trial, not the correct selection.
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Paid once, no subscription. Ask for a refund within 7 days of buying if you’ve done less than 25% of the class.
- All 43 outline tasks
- 85 questions, 90 minutes
- Explains each wrong answer
Passing isn’t guaranteed. Not affiliated with the BACB. Questions are original, written to the published outline.