PSYB45H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Backward Chaining, Forward Chaining, Task Analysis
6 Jul 2012
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Prompts are used to evoke a behavior, and transfer of stimulus control is used to eliminate the prompts and get the behavior to occur in the presence of the relevant discriminative stimulus (sd) A complex behavior consisting of many component behaviors that occur together in a sequence is called a behavioral chain. A behavioral chain continues only if the last response in the chain results in a reinforcing consequence. The process of analyzing a behavioral chain by breaking it down into its individual stimulus-response components is called a task analysis. Once the task analysis of a complex skill has been developed, the next step is to choose a strategy for teaching the skill strategies for teaching complex tasks (behavioral chains) are called chaining procedures. Chaining procedures involve the systematic application of prompting and fading strategies to each stimulus-response component in the chain 3 different types: backward chaining, forward chaining and total task presentation.
