Matt's Dad is teaching him to shoot a basketball.His Dad takes the ball and demonstrates to Matt how to shoot it through the hoop.The use of antecedent stimuli by his Dad in order to get Matt to engage in the right behavior at the right time is called:
A) fading
B) prompting
C) shaping
D) stimulus control

Question

Matt's Dad is teaching him to shoot a basketball.His Dad takes the ball and demonstrates to Matt how to shoot it through the hoop.The use of antecedent stimuli by his Dad in order to get Matt to engage in the right behavior at the right time is called:​
A) ​fading
B) ​prompting
C) ​shaping
D) ​stimulus control

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Prompting involves the use of antecedent stimuli to get an individual to engage in the desired behavior. In this case, Matt's Dad is using prompting to teach him how to shoot a basketball. Fading involves gradually removing prompts as the individual becomes more proficient, shaping involves reinforcing successive approximations to the desired behavior, and stimulus control involves modifying environmental factors to influence behavior.

Matt's Dad Is Teaching Him to Shoot a Basketball