Which antecedent intervention involves presenting several requests likely to be complied with immediately before a request unlikely to be complied with, and is often abbreviated High-P?

Which antecedent intervention involves presenting several requests likely to be complied with immediately before a request unlikely to be complied with, and is often abbreviated High-P?

• A. High-probability instructional sequence
• B. Stimulus fading in
• C. Successive approximations
• D. Premack principle

Answer: (A)

High-probability request sequence is an antecedent strategy that uses a string of requests the learner is highly likely to comply with before presenting a harder, less likely-to-be-complied-with request. The idea is to create a momentum of success: by quickly and reliably finishing several easy tasks, the learner’s compliance pattern is primed, making it more probable they will also comply with the final, more challenging request. This leverages the built-in momentum from prior successes to increase overall cooperation in a single session. Stimulus fading in is about gradually introducing prompts or stimuli to transfer control to the learner, not about chaining easy requests before a harder one. Successive approximations (shaping) involves gradually changing a target behavior toward a desired form, not sequencing multiple high-probability requests alone. The Premack principle uses a higher-probability activity as a reinforcer for a lower-probability one, rather than presenting several easy requests in a row before the difficult one.

High-probability request sequence is an antecedent strategy that uses a string of requests the learner is highly likely to comply with before presenting a harder, less likely-to-be-complied-with request. The idea is to create a momentum of success: by quickly and reliably finishing several easy tasks, the learner’s compliance pattern is primed, making it more probable they will also comply with the final, more challenging request. This leverages the built-in momentum from prior successes to increase overall cooperation in a single session.

Stimulus fading in is about gradually introducing prompts or stimuli to transfer control to the learner, not about chaining easy requests before a harder one. Successive approximations (shaping) involves gradually changing a target behavior toward a desired form, not sequencing multiple high-probability requests alone. The Premack principle uses a higher-probability activity as a reinforcer for a lower-probability one, rather than presenting several easy requests in a row before the difficult one.