Hint: A prompt is defined by (Cooper et al.) as “additional antecedent stimuli used to elicit a correct response in the presence of an SD that will ultimately control the behavior”. This basic definition follows similar guidelines from Foxx, 1982) who discussed that prompts were any “auxiliary,” “extra,” or “artificial” stimuli presented along with the stimuli that would ultimately become the relevant stimuli for the circumstance. or control stimuli. According to Miltenberger (1997), these suggestions are then used only as a means of increasing the likelihood that the responding individual will then engage in the correct behavior. Precisely this becomes the purpose of a prompt, to facilitate the individual's learning when the discriminative stimulus alone is not sufficient. These cues can come before or after the discriminative stimulus. Prompts can be a response prompt, meaning it is used directly in conjunction with the response, or stimulus prompts, used in conjunction with the antecedent (Cooper et al). However, the goal of the terminal response should always be for the SD to control the behavior, not the prompt. Prompts may therefore include a variety of components such as instructions, gestures, demonstrations, touches, or any other arrangements that may increase the likelihood of correct responses McClannahan and Krantz (1999). Prompts are very typically used not only in everyday learning, but are a common part of applied behavior analytic work. In order to compare rapid interventions that deal with child response, we will look specifically at response prompts. Cooper and colleagues list three main forms of response prompts. These are identified as verbal instructions, modeling, a… middle of paper…, Krantz, P.J., & McClannahan, L.E. (2001). They suggest defining the target behavior and then identifying which suggestions are suitable. The goal of treatment should therefore be to stress, strengthen and fade as quickly as possible and monitor the results to adapt the procedure as needed. Ethical Considerations: Ethical considerations would come in the form of future use and if a suggestion procedure was found to be most effective, that is what should be used. The ethical consideration should be made that if a prompting procedure is believed to have faster acquisition of a set of behaviors, then it would be unethical to continue using other prompting procedures. Furthermore, ethical procedures should be put in place according to guidelines such as MacDuff, GS, Krantz, PJ, & McClannahan, LE (2001) to be able to minimize immediate dependency during trials.