An unprompted trial that follows a prompted trial. To get a transfer trial, prompts are faded to lead to an independent response.

What a behavior looks like. A description of the physical form of the behavior.

Often called “time out” for short, this term refers to a collection of very often-misused techniques. The general idea of time out is that a given reinforcer is removed for a short period of time, contingent upon some inappropriate behavior being emitted by an individual. While this can take the form of an individual having…

Used most often in discussions of chaining, this is a written list of all steps that must be accomplished to perform a particular behavior. Depending on the individual, one skill could take 10 steps or 100 steps.

A response that is selected to be changed in some manner as part of a teaching program. It is the behavior we expect to be demonstrated as a result of our teaching. The target can be chosen to be increased or decreased.