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Behavior-Change Procedures

Stimulus and response generalization procedures: Generalization and maintenance programming.

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Question

Difficulty: medium. Skill: apply. Type: applied scenario.

Learner is learning requesting help, but performance changes depending on prompts and consequences. Which procedure best fits stimulus and response generalization procedures? The case file includes 11 recent sessions, 4 implementers, and 3 settings.

A
Program multiple examples, natural cues, and follow-up probes so behavior persists beyond training in relation to learner's requesting help

Correct answer

B
Tell everyone to try harder and review the case next month
C
Treat the most recent data point as proof of the final conclusion
D
Base the decision on the descriptive label for leaving the instructional area and bypass stimulus and response generalization procedures

Explanation

Answer A

The clue is the combination of four sessions of stable baseline data followed by two overlapping intervention points, leaving the instructional area, and the required task: Stimulus and response generalization procedures. The case file includes 11 recent sessions, 4 implementers, and 3 settings. Program multiple examples, natural cues, and follow-up probes so behavior persists beyond training in relation to learner's requesting help is best because it answers that clue through generalization and maintenance programming 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 four sessions of stable baseline data followed by two overlapping intervention points, leaving the instructional area, and the required task: Stimulus and response generalization procedures. The case file includes 11 recent sessions, 4 implementers, and 3 settings.

Trap
Common trap

Vague delayed feedback does not create a measurable plan for improvement.

Next
If you missed it, review Stimulus control, discrimination, and generalization

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Why the other choices are weaker

B
Choice B

Vague delayed feedback does not create a measurable plan for improvement.

C
Choice C

A single point rarely supports a strong conclusion without considering trend, variability, and context.

D
Choice D

This is weaker because the label does not answer the Stimulus and response generalization procedures decision point or test Generalization and maintenance programming.

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