2024 BCAT Exam Questions and Answers 100% Correct(SCORED A+)

Motivating Operations (MO) - ANSWER An environmental variable that alters the reinforcing effectiveness of some stimulus, object, or event. 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. Discrete Trial Training (DTT) - ANSWER A specific method of teaching in which a task is isolated and taught across multiple trials. A specific opportunity (antecedent) is presented and a specific response is expected. A consequence follows the response. Fluency-Based Training - ANSWER Taking an existing skill and increasing accuracy and speed of skill performance in order to develop competence Errorless Learning - ANSWER Involves early and immediate prompting of the target response so that the learner's response is sure to be correct. Most-to-Least Prompting - ANSWER Fading from one type of prompt to another less intrusive prompt. Most assistance to least assistance. Least-to-Most Prompting - ANSWER Staring with a least intrusive prompt possible and the client is not successful, therefore having to move to more intrusive prompts until the client responds. Chaining - ANSWER A chain of sequence of SDs and responses where each response in the sequence (expect for the last one) produces the SD for the next response in the