BCAT Exam Questions and Answers(RATED A+)

Contingency - ANSWER-Refers to dependent and/or temporal relations between operant behavior an it's controlling variables. Satiation - ANSWER-Repeated presentation of a reinforcer weakens its effectiveness and for this reason the rate of responses declines. Positive Reinforcement - ANSWER-A type of reinforcement in which the presentation of the stimulus is contingent upon the response, resulting in an increase in the future probability of that response Negative Reinforcement - ANSWER-A type of reinforcement in which removal of a stimulus is contingent on a response, resulting in an increase in the future probability of that response. Positive Punishment - ANSWER-A type of punishment in which stimulus presentation is contingent on a response, resulting in the decrease of the future probability of that response Negative Punishment - ANSWER-A type of punishment in which stimulus removal is contingent on a response, resulting in the decrease of the future probability of that response. Establishing Operations (EO) - ANSWER-Increases motivation for something and increases likelihood you will try to access that reinforcer Abolishing Operations (AO) - ANSWER-Decreases motivation for something and decreases likelihood you will try to access that reinforcer Discriminative Stimulus (SD) - ANSWER-A stimulus in the presence of which a particular response will be reinforced and in the absence of which that response will not be reinf Stimulus Control (Discriminative Control) - ANSWER-The tendency for the target behavior to occur in the presence of the SD (b/c it was reinforced in the past) Discrimination Training - ANSWER-Teach the child to respond to/tell the difference between two (or more) SDs.