Date of Award
4-2006
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Dr. Wayne Fuqua
Second Advisor
Dr. Jim Carr
Third Advisor
Dr. Jack Michael
Keywords
teaching strategies
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
Individuals with developmental disabilities were taught conditional discriminations in the form of an auditory visual matching to sample task using two teaching strategies: the increasing prompt hierarchy and the decreasing prompt hierarchy. A multielement design was used to compare these prompt hierarchies in terms of accuracy, rate of acquisition, number of errors, number of edible reinforcers, and number of praise statements delivered. The results indicate that the increasing prompt hierarchy consistently resulted in an increased number of steps, errors, edibles, and praise statements compared to the decreasing prompt hierarchy. However, differing results were obtained on the accuracy measure across participants. The results also suggest that better control of idiosyncratic factors is warranted for future research.
Recommended Citation
Rubin, Sophie, "EVALUATING INCREASING AND DECREASING PROMPT HIERARCHIES WITH DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED ADULTS" (2006). Masters Theses. 5544.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/5544
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