Question

Behavioral techniques are often used to address communication problems that occur with autism. ______ involves rewarding the child for progressive approximations of speech, and ______ involves rewarding the child for making sounds that the teacher requests.

A) Shaping; discrimination training
B) Modeling; syntax training
C) Imitating; expression training
D) Processing; academic training

Answer 1

Answer: shaping; discrimination training

Explanation:

In Psychology, Shaping has to do with a method whereby a child with autism is being "rewarded" for making progressive approximations in speech. This is just to encourage the child to do better in subsequent approximations.