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Behavior-Change Procedures

Simple and conditional discrimination procedures: Discrimination and stimulus-control teaching procedures.

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Question

Difficulty: hard. Skill: analyze. Type: applied scenario.

A program for completing a multi-step job routine is not producing independent performance. Which adjustment best reflects simple and conditional discrimination procedures? The case file includes 2 recent sessions, 4 implementers, and 3 settings.

A
Base the decision on the descriptive label for stopping work after corrective feedback and bypass simple and conditional discrimination procedures
B
Use a familiar protocol even though it does not address discrimination and stimulus-control teaching procedures
C
Rely on job coach's report alone and stop collecting direct evidence
D
Arrange teaching trials so the relevant antecedent controls the response and errors can be corrected in relation to adult client's completing a multi-step job routine

Correct answer

Explanation

Answer D

The clue is the combination of duration data showing long pauses after feedback, stopping work after corrective feedback, and the required task: Simple and conditional discrimination procedures. The case file includes 2 recent sessions, 4 implementers, and 3 settings. Arrange teaching trials so the relevant antecedent controls the response and errors can be corrected in relation to adult client's completing a multi-step job routine is best because it answers that clue through discrimination and stimulus-control teaching procedures instead of treating the scenario as a generic behavior problem. On exam items like this, name the decision point first, then eliminate options that rely on one report, a label, a familiar protocol, or an action that skips the relevant data check.

Why this question is hard

Clue
Key scenario clue

The clue is the combination of duration data showing long pauses after feedback, stopping work after corrective feedback, and the required task: Simple and conditional discrimination procedures. The case file includes 2 recent sessions, 4 implementers, and 3 settings.

Trap
Common trap

This is weaker because the label does not answer the Simple and conditional discrimination procedures decision point or test Discrimination and stimulus-control teaching procedures.

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Why the other choices are weaker

A
Choice A

This is weaker because the label does not answer the Simple and conditional discrimination procedures decision point or test Discrimination and stimulus-control teaching procedures.

B
Choice B

A familiar protocol is not enough unless it matches the assessed variables and the current decision question.

C
Choice C

Stakeholder input matters, but direct data, context, and integrity checks are still needed for a defensible answer.

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