BCAT 132 Exam Questions With Complete Solutions

Motivating Operations (MO) - ️️An environmental variable that alters the reinforcing effectiveness of some stimulus, object, or event. Contingency - ️️Refers to dependent and/or temporal relations between operant behavior an it's controlling variables. Satiation - ️️Repeated presentation of a reinforcer weakens its effectiveness and for this reason the rate of responses declines. Positive Reinforcement - ️️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 - ️️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 - ️️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 - ️️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) - ️️Increases motivation for something and increases likelihood you will try to access that reinforcer Abolishing Operations (AO) - ️️Decreases motivation for something and decreases likelihood you will try to access that reinforcer