Direct assessment of the impact of delated imitation training on video modeling performance

Document Type

Thesis

College

College of Arts and Sciences

Department

Psychology

Degree

M.S. Applied Behavior Analysis

Date Completed

2019

First Committee Member

MacDonald, Rebecca

Second Committee Member

Thompson, Rachel

Third Committee Member

Dickson, Chata

Abstract

"The purpose of the present study was to determine if duration of the delayed imitation of actions on objects up to five seconds would improve learning via video modeling. A multiple baseline design across two participants was used. All participants were diagnosed with autism and enrolled in a private school for children diagnosed with autism and related disabilities. Participants were first taught immediate imitation and then delayed imitation using matrix training. After mastery and generalization of delayed imitation at one second, three seconds, and five seconds respectively, a video model probe was conducted to measure video modeling task performance. Participants who learned delayed imitation at five seconds showed an increase in video modeling performance. Results will be discussed as they relate to other potential prerequisites to effectively learning through video modeling."

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