BACB Exam Review.
Arbitrary Stimulus Class Answer - An arbitrary response class contains stimuli that evoke the same response but
do not share a common physical feature. The women's restroom signs are all different in their physical
features: one contains an English word, one contains the universal symbol for women, and the other is a
stylized female. The other examples are all feature stimulus classes, in that they share common physical forms.
Stimulus Discrimination Answer - reinforcing reponses in the presence of the discriminative stimulus and
withholding reinforcement in the presence of the stimulus deltas
Stimulus discrimination involves the behavior principles of Answer - reinforcement and extinction
response prompt Answer - operates directly on the response
stimulus prompt Answer - operates on the antecedent task stimuli
stimulus equivalence Answer - Provides a methodology for efficient teaching-expanding learners' skills far
beyond what is directly taught. - Stimulus equivalence should probably be the goal of all instruction. That is, if
we can teach learners a few related stimulus-stimulus relations (not stimulus-response relations) and learners
can put those together to broaden their learning well beyond that of what was directly taught, then this is a
very efficient form of teaching and should be viewed as the "big prize" of education. This procedure has been
studied in many areas of complex verbal relations, including reading, language arts, and math. It is hardly a
"theoretical construct that has not been studied much."
Stimulus Control Answer - Occurs when the rate, latency, duration or amplitude of a response is altered in the
presence of an antecedent stimulus
EX: stop sign, green light, red light
, Stimulus Generalization Answer - Occurs with stimuli that share similar physical properties with the controlling
antecedent stimulus.
Arbitrary Stimulus Class Answer - Evokes the same response, but they do not share a common stimulus feature.
EX: 50%, 1/2, .50
Matching to Sample Answer - Arbitrary stimulus class training procedures to create stimulus equivalence
among arbitrary stimuli
Stimulus Equivalence Answer - Emergence of accurate responding to untrained and non-reinforced stimulus-
stimulus relations following the reinforcement of responses to some stimulus-stimulus relations
Reflexivity, symmetry, transitivity
Reflexivity Answer - occurs when in the absence of training and reinforcement a response will select a stimulus
that is matched to itself. (A=A)
Symmetry Answer - occurs with the reversibility of the sample stimulus and comparison stimulus (If A=B, then
B=A)
EX: learner is taught when presented with the spoken word car, selects a car picture, when presented with a
picture of a car, selects spoken word car.
Transitivity Answer - The final and critical test for stimulus equivalence, (A=B=C) picture of car, spoken word
car, written word car
Applied Behavior Analyis Answer - Scientific approach for discovering environmental variables that reliably
influence SOCIALLY SIGNFICIANT bx and for developing a technology of bx change tha tis practical and
applicable.
SCIENCE Answer - A systematic approach for seeking & organizing knowledge about the natural world. Science
based on Determinism.
Arbitrary Stimulus Class Answer - An arbitrary response class contains stimuli that evoke the same response but
do not share a common physical feature. The women's restroom signs are all different in their physical
features: one contains an English word, one contains the universal symbol for women, and the other is a
stylized female. The other examples are all feature stimulus classes, in that they share common physical forms.
Stimulus Discrimination Answer - reinforcing reponses in the presence of the discriminative stimulus and
withholding reinforcement in the presence of the stimulus deltas
Stimulus discrimination involves the behavior principles of Answer - reinforcement and extinction
response prompt Answer - operates directly on the response
stimulus prompt Answer - operates on the antecedent task stimuli
stimulus equivalence Answer - Provides a methodology for efficient teaching-expanding learners' skills far
beyond what is directly taught. - Stimulus equivalence should probably be the goal of all instruction. That is, if
we can teach learners a few related stimulus-stimulus relations (not stimulus-response relations) and learners
can put those together to broaden their learning well beyond that of what was directly taught, then this is a
very efficient form of teaching and should be viewed as the "big prize" of education. This procedure has been
studied in many areas of complex verbal relations, including reading, language arts, and math. It is hardly a
"theoretical construct that has not been studied much."
Stimulus Control Answer - Occurs when the rate, latency, duration or amplitude of a response is altered in the
presence of an antecedent stimulus
EX: stop sign, green light, red light
, Stimulus Generalization Answer - Occurs with stimuli that share similar physical properties with the controlling
antecedent stimulus.
Arbitrary Stimulus Class Answer - Evokes the same response, but they do not share a common stimulus feature.
EX: 50%, 1/2, .50
Matching to Sample Answer - Arbitrary stimulus class training procedures to create stimulus equivalence
among arbitrary stimuli
Stimulus Equivalence Answer - Emergence of accurate responding to untrained and non-reinforced stimulus-
stimulus relations following the reinforcement of responses to some stimulus-stimulus relations
Reflexivity, symmetry, transitivity
Reflexivity Answer - occurs when in the absence of training and reinforcement a response will select a stimulus
that is matched to itself. (A=A)
Symmetry Answer - occurs with the reversibility of the sample stimulus and comparison stimulus (If A=B, then
B=A)
EX: learner is taught when presented with the spoken word car, selects a car picture, when presented with a
picture of a car, selects spoken word car.
Transitivity Answer - The final and critical test for stimulus equivalence, (A=B=C) picture of car, spoken word
car, written word car
Applied Behavior Analyis Answer - Scientific approach for discovering environmental variables that reliably
influence SOCIALLY SIGNFICIANT bx and for developing a technology of bx change tha tis practical and
applicable.
SCIENCE Answer - A systematic approach for seeking & organizing knowledge about the natural world. Science
based on Determinism.
