PSYB45H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Backward Chaining, Task Analysis, Errorless Learning
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Chapter 10: changing the stimulus control of a behavior with fading. Fading: the gradual change over successive trials of an antecedent stimulus that controls a response so that the response eventually occurs to a partially changed or completely new antecedent stimulus. Fading is involved in many everyday situations in which one person teaches a behavior to another. In general, a dimension of a stimulus is any characteristic that can be measured on some continuum. Fading also occurs across changes in a general situation or setting. Starting stimulus needs to reliably evoke the desired behavior. When a desired response is occurring reliably to the prompts given at the onset, the prompts can then be gradually removed after trials. It is important to monitor performance & work at the right pace. Fading involves the gradual change of a stimulus while the response stays about the same. Shaping involves the gradual change of a response while the stimulus stays about the same.
