BCAT EXAM 2023 WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS

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 it Developing, Maintaining, and Understanding Relationships - correct answer --Deficits in perspective taking, conversation, asking questions about other's interests :Failure to ask questions back in a conversation/ to build friendships Level of Severity: Can be "indeterminable" but struggles to develop and maintain relationships :can be verbal or non-verbal Stereotyped or Repetitive Motor Movements, use of objects, or speech that is NON-functional - correct answer --Repetitive movements like body rocking, hand flapping, etc. -Repetitive use of objects like tapping with a spoon, dropping blocks, etc. -Repetitive speech like scripting, making the same sounds over and over again, etc. Hyper and Hypo-Reactivity to sensory input or unusual interests in sensory aspects of the environment - correct answer --Unusual reactions to touch, sound, smell, sight, or taste of things Hyper: Covering ears, refusal to touch shaving cream, perfumes, refusal to eat certain foods, etc Hypo: having unusual pain tolerance Research Regarding Treatment Intensity - correct answer --30-40 hours a week is most effective -eclectic programs are not as effective as EIBI (Early intensive behavior intervention) EIBI Research - correct answer --EIBI receives greatest results prior to age TWO -Focus is ages 3-6 Positive Reinforcement - correct answer --Delivery of a desired stimulus that INCREASES the future frequency of a behavior Negative Reinforcement - correct answer --Removal of an non-preferred or aversive stimulus to a child to INCREASE a behavior EX: wife nags at husband to take out the trash. Husband takes out trash, in order to stop wife from nagging. Positive Punishment - correct answer --the delivery on an undesired stimulus following a problem behavior, such that the behavior occurs less and less over time EX: A parent spanking a child following a problem behavior in order to decrease the problem behavior Negative Punishment - correct answer --Removal of a desired stimulus that DECREASES the future frequency of a behavior Reinforcer - correct answer --A stimulus that when delivered following a response INCREASES the frequency of that response EX: something that gives you more of a behavior Punisher - correct answer --A stimulus that when delivered following a response DECREASES the frequency of that response EX: something that gives you more of a behavior Conditioned Reinforcer - correct answer --Something that you have to learn is good EX: grades, money, etc. Unconditioned Reinforcer - correct answer --Something that you are born wanting/needing EX: food, water, warmth, etc. Extinction - correct answer --Withholding the reinforcer for a previously reinforced behavior