A teacher used prompting in order to get a student to pronounce written words correctly.When the student begins pronouncing the words correctly just by seeing them,the teacher begins to remove the prompts.The gradual removal of prompts while the behavior is occurring in the presence of the discriminative stimulus is called:
A) prompt withdrawal
B) shaping
C) fading
D) reduction

Question

A teacher used prompting in order to get a student to pronounce written words correctly.When the student begins pronouncing the words correctly just by seeing them,the teacher begins to remove the prompts.The gradual removal of prompts while the behavior is occurring in the presence of the discriminative stimulus is called:​
A) ​prompt withdrawal
B) ​shaping
C) ​fading
D) ​reduction

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Fading is the gradual removal of prompts while the behavior is occurring in the presence of the discriminative stimulus. In this scenario, the teacher used prompting to help the student pronounce written words correctly. As the student began to correctly pronounce the words just by seeing them, the teacher started to remove the prompts gradually. This is an example of fading. Option A (prompt withdrawal) is incorrect as it suggests abrupt cessation of prompts, which is not the case in this scenario. Option B (shaping) is incorrect as it involves reinforcing successive approximations of a behavior to gradually shape it towards the final desired behavior, which is not the case in this scenario. Option D (reduction) is incorrect as it is not a commonly used term in behavior analysis and does not accurately describe the process of fading.

A Teacher Used Prompting in Order to Get a Student