BCAT FINAL PAPER UPDATED QUESTIONS
VERIFIED COMPLETE ANSWERS 100
PERCENT CORRECT
◉ Deficits in social-emotional reciprocity
Answer: Ranging from abnormal social approach and failure of
normal back-and-forth convo.; 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
interactions
Answer: Ranging from poorly integrated verbal and nonverbal
comm.; to abnormalities in eye contact and body language or deficits
in understanding and use of gestures; to a total lack of facial
expressions and non-verbal comm.
◉ Deficits in developing, maintaining, and understanding
relationships
Answer: Ranging from difficulties adjusting behaviors to suit various
social contexts; to difficulties in sharing imaginative play or in
making friends; to an apparent absence of interest in peers
, ◉ Behavior excesses in individuals with autism
Answer: Stereotypy, Noncompliance, Tantrums, and Aggression
◉ 4 reasons a behavior can be problematic
Answer: 1. Topography
2. Context
3. Intensity
4. Frequency
◉ Experimental Functional Analyses (EFA)
Answer: Systematically manipulate the antecedents and
consequences associated with a problem behavior in order to
identify maintaining reinforcers.
◉ Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA)
Answer: A systematic evaluation of the antecedent and consequence
of the target bx that determines why the target bx is occurring (to
determine its function)
◉ High-p request sequence/Behavioral Momentum
Answer: An antecedent intervention in which several easy tasks with
know history of learner compliance are presented in a quick
succession immediately before requesting the target task or low-p
request
VERIFIED COMPLETE ANSWERS 100
PERCENT CORRECT
◉ Deficits in social-emotional reciprocity
Answer: Ranging from abnormal social approach and failure of
normal back-and-forth convo.; 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
interactions
Answer: Ranging from poorly integrated verbal and nonverbal
comm.; to abnormalities in eye contact and body language or deficits
in understanding and use of gestures; to a total lack of facial
expressions and non-verbal comm.
◉ Deficits in developing, maintaining, and understanding
relationships
Answer: Ranging from difficulties adjusting behaviors to suit various
social contexts; to difficulties in sharing imaginative play or in
making friends; to an apparent absence of interest in peers
, ◉ Behavior excesses in individuals with autism
Answer: Stereotypy, Noncompliance, Tantrums, and Aggression
◉ 4 reasons a behavior can be problematic
Answer: 1. Topography
2. Context
3. Intensity
4. Frequency
◉ Experimental Functional Analyses (EFA)
Answer: Systematically manipulate the antecedents and
consequences associated with a problem behavior in order to
identify maintaining reinforcers.
◉ Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA)
Answer: A systematic evaluation of the antecedent and consequence
of the target bx that determines why the target bx is occurring (to
determine its function)
◉ High-p request sequence/Behavioral Momentum
Answer: An antecedent intervention in which several easy tasks with
know history of learner compliance are presented in a quick
succession immediately before requesting the target task or low-p
request
