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 withdrawalb. shapingc. fadingd. reduction

Answer 1

Answer: C) Fading

Explanation: Fading is a strategy applied in behavior therapy, especially behavior adjustment and skill training where an initial promoting to carry out an action is slowly taking away until it's need totally fades away. With this, the individual or student no longer need promoting to carry out the actions required.

The gradual removal of prompts while the behavior is occurring in the presence of the discriminative stimulus is called Fading.