Question

The teacher points to a cup and says, "cup". The learner says, "cup" and the teacher says, "That's right! That's a cup! Good job!" This is an example of a ____ transfer procedure.

a. Hand-over-hand prompt-to-sign tact
b. Motor imitation-to-sign tact
c. Hand-over-hand prompt-to-selection tact
d. Echoic-to-tact

Answer 1

In the educational scenario presented, the teacher gives an example of an echoic-to-tact transfer procedure, using a verbal praise to reinforce the student's correct response of identifying an object after repeating the word initially spoken by the teacher.

Step-by-step explanation:

The scenario described where the teacher says "cup" and the learner repeats "cup" followed by praise from the teacher is an example of an echoic-to-tact transfer procedure. This is a term from behavior analysis, particularly within the context of verbal behavior. An echoic response is simply repeating what is heard, and a tact is naming or identifying objects or events. In this procedure, the teacher uses verbal praise to reinforce the learner’s correct identification (the tact), which was initially prompted by an echoic response (repeating the word 'cup'). The goal is to transfer the control of the verbal response from an echoic (hearing and repeating a word) to a tact (correctly naming an object when seeing it).