BCAT PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
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BCAT PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
Which of the following statements is true?
A. Accurate data is sometimes necessary for making sure that behavior change plans are relevant to the person receiving them.
B. Accurate data is always necessary for building behavior change plan...
BCAT EXAM WITH 100%correct answers
Discriminative Stimulus (SD) - correct answerDefinition: Any event in the presence of which a target behavior is likely to have consequences that affect its frequency.
Discriminative Stimulus (SD) E - correct answerExamples of SD's: "Touch the cat," "Give me red," "Where
are you?," "How is the weather outside?"
Stimulus Control - correct answerDefinition: The tendency for the target behavior to occur in the presence of the SD but not in of the S-delta. (S-delta is not on the presence the task list, therefore it will not be explained).
Stimulus Control E - correct answerExamples: When the phone rings, you answer it. (target behavior-
answering the phone) When the class bell rings in high school, the students change classes (target behavior- changing classes). When asked "what is your favorite color?" the child says "red" (target behavior-saying favorite color)
3-Term Contingency - correct answerDefinition: Also referred to behavior (antecedent-behavior-
consequence). as the ABC's of It illustrates how behavior is elicited by the environment and how the consequences of behavior can affect its future occurrence.
3-Term Contingency E - correct answerExample: 1) Antecedent- Traffic light turns red, Behavior- press foot onto the brakes, Consequence- Car stops at intersection. 2) Antecedent-Therapist tells Sara "Say cookie", Behavior Sara says "cookie" Consequence-Sara gets a cookie
Total Task Presentation (chanining) - correct answerTotal Task Presentation: All of the SD-response chain
are taught during every is delivered after each juice" The therapist to pour a glass of juice. Deliver the would prompt the client components of the learning trial. A reinforcer SD-response component.
Total Task Presentation (E) - correct answerExample: Teaching a client SD "Let's pour some to open the refrigerator would be prompted to get the juice, reinforcement, the client would be and then receive reinforcement. This would continue until the then reinforce the client. The client and then receive prompted to take the juice out, juice is put back into the larger more potent reinforcer refridgerator, At the end of the chain would be delivered. Shaping - correct answerDefinition: Systematically reinforcing successive approximations of a target behavior while extinguishing previous approximations. The successive approximations become increasingly more similar to the target behavior.
Shaping (E) - correct answerExample: Teaching a child to say "bubbles." The therapist says "Say bubbles. Buh" The child says "buh" and receives reinforcement. Once the client says "buh" consistently, it will no longer be accepted and the Sd will then be"Say bubbles, bub" the child says "bub" and receives a reinforcer. The systematic increase of the requirement will until the client reaches saying the entire word while previous attempts will be extinguished.
Three Types of Chains - correct answerFoward Backward Total Task
Forward Chaining - correct answerBegin with the first SD- response component in the chain and then continue forward through the remaining SD- response components
Forward Chaining (E) - correct answerExample: Teaching a child to brush their teeth from the beginning of the task with the SD "Brush your teeth" the child gets the tooth brush, turns on the cold water, puts the toothbrush under the water... eventually then gets towel, wipes mouth and hands and hangs towel up. The reinforcer will be AFTER THE TARGET STEP and the Therapist will continue to guide the child through the rest of the chain.
Backward Chaining - correct answerBegin with the final step, or the last SD-Response component, then move backwards towards the remaining components.
Backward Chaining (E) - correct answerExample: Teaching a child to put their pants on. Start by pulling their pants 2 way down their bottom and deliver the SD "Pull your pants up". Reinforce the child when the pants get pulled up. Next, pull the pants down below their bottom and tell them to pull their pants up, deliver the reinforcer. Systematically work to the pants being on the bed and when the SD is delivered the
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