Bcat exam 2023 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Motivating Operations (MO) - correct answer -An environmental variable that alters the reinforcing effectiveness of some stimulus, object, or event. Contingency - correct answer -Refers to dependent and/or temporal relations between operant behavior an it's controlling variables. Satiation - correct answer -Repeated presentation of a reinforcer weakens its effectiveness and for this reason the rate of responses declines. Positive Reinforcement - correct answer -A type of reinforcement ...

Positive reinforcement - correct answer -Give something that increases behavior Negative reinforcement - correct answer -Take something away that increases behavior Positive punishment - correct answer -Give something that decreases behavior Negative punishment - correct answer -Take something away that decreases behavior Reinforcer - correct answer -A stimulus that increases the probability of a desired response Punisher - correct answer -A stimulus that decreases the probability...

Generalization across stimuli - correct answer -learns something using 1 stimuli, but w/o any training uses the skill with another example of that stimulus. Generalization across stimuli example - correct answer -For example, the student generalizing the tact 'cat' across two different examples of cats. Generalization across people - correct answer -this is when the student learns something with one person but then uses the same skill with another person without any specified training wi...

BCAT Exam 2023 with 100% correct answers

Latency - correct answer -Elapsed time from the onset of a stimulus to the initiation of a response Deficits in social-emotional reciprocity - correct answer -ranging, for example, from abnormal social approach and failure of normal back-and-forth conversation; to reduced sharing of interests, emotions or affect, to failure to initiate or respond to social interactions. Deficits in nonverbal communicative behaviors used for social interaction - correct answer -ranging for example, from poo...

Generalization across stimuli - correct answer -learns something using 1 stimuli, but w/o any training uses the skill with another example of that stimulus. Generalization across stimuli example - correct answer -For example, the student generalizing the tact 'cat' across two different examples of cats. Generalization across people - correct answer -this is when the student learns something with one person but then uses the same skill with another person without any specified training wi...

Social-Emotional Recoprocity - correct answer --Failure to respond appropriately in social situations :Not returning greeting and farewells :Not sharing toys or responding to others' emotions appropriately EX: a boy is crying and the client laughs Nonverbal Communicative Behaviors - correct answer --Problem behavior as communication :Crying, screaming, and grabbing instead of asking or requesting EX: client wants Ipad, so he drops to the floor and screams rather than manding for...

Autism is a: A. Neurodevelopment Disorder B. Mood Disorder C. Metabolic Disorder - correct answer A ASD is characterized by: A. "Difficulties with reading, writing and math" B. "Difficulties in social interaction, communication and repetitive behaviors" C. "Difficulties with communication, acting out and academics" D. "Difficulties with following instructions and self harming" - correct answer B ABA is the cure for autism A. TRUE B. FALSE - correct answer B The...

Forward Chaining - correct answer Begin with the first SD- response component in the chain and then continue forward through the remaining SD-response components. Example: 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 The...

Autism Spectrum Disorder - correct answer -•Knowledge of *deficits in social-emotional reciprocity* •Knowledge of *deficits in nonverbal communicative behaviors used for social interaction* •Knowledge of *deficits in developing, maintaining, and understanding relationships* •Knowledge of *stereotyped or repetitive motor movements, use of objects, or speech* •Knowledge of *insistence on sameness, inflexible adherence to routines, or ritualized patterns of verbal or nonverbal behavio...