ABAT UPDATED EXAMS TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Extinction - ✔✔When reinforcement that is provided for problem behavior (often
unintentionally) is discontinued in order to decrease or eliminate occurrences of these
type negative behaviors
✔✔Extinction Burst - ✔✔the phenomenon of a previously reinforced or learned behavior
temporarily increasing when the reinforcement for the behavior is removed
✔✔Spontaneous Recovery - ✔✔occurs after the behavior starts to go away and can
happen even without reinforcement. You could be doing everything right and all of a
sudden the behavior will pop back up.
✔✔Deprivation - ✔✔The absence or reduction of a reinforcer for a period of time in
order to increase the effectiveness of the reinforcer and the rate of behavior that
produced that reinforcer in the past.
✔✔Satiation - ✔✔A decrease in the frequency of behavior presumed to be the result of
continued contact with or consumption of a reinforcer that has followed that behavior
✔✔Stimulus - ✔✔any object or event that elicits a sensory or behavioral response in an
organism
, ✔✔Discriminative Stimulus - ✔✔a stimulus that increases the probability of a response
because of a previous history of differential reinforcement in the presence of that
stimulus.
An environmental cue or instructions that signals that reinforcement is available for a
target behavior. (A cue is given —› the child responds —› a reward is given for a correct
response)
✔✔Stimulus Control - ✔✔a phenomenon in operant conditioning (also called
contingency management) that occurs when an organism behaves in one way in the
presence of a given stimulus and another way in its absence.
✔✔Stimulus Responses - ✔✔a sequence of two or more behaviors in which each
behavior produces a result that is the discriminative stimulus for the next behavior and
in which the last behavior is reinforced
behavior cannot exist without a stimulus of some sort.
✔✔Motivation Operations - ✔✔the motivations that encourage or discourage certain
behaviors. Their purpose is to enhance or reduce the reinforcement value. It could
impact the effectiveness of a certain event or stimulus in its role as reinforcer.
✔✔Establishing Operations - ✔✔a motivating operation that increases the value of a
reinforcer and increase the frequency in behavior that provides access to the reinforcer
(if hungry, more motivated to get food.
✔✔Setting Events - ✔✔prior events or conditions, internal or external to the individual,
that influence the probability and form of behavior presented by the individual.
✔✔Reinforcement - ✔✔Reinforcement: Increases the future frequency of that behavior
Positive: the addition of a reinforcing stimulus following a behavior that makes it more
likely the behavior will occur again
Negative: the removal of an aversive stimulus or negative outcome in which the
response or behavior is strengthened by stopping or removing it.
✔✔Punishment - ✔✔Punishment: decreases the future frequency of that behavior
Positive: this works by presenting (adding) a negative consequence after an undesired
behavior is exhibited, making the behavior less likely to happen in the future.
Negative: taking something good (removing) or desirable away after an undesired
behavior is exhibited, making the behavior less likely to occur again.
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Extinction - ✔✔When reinforcement that is provided for problem behavior (often
unintentionally) is discontinued in order to decrease or eliminate occurrences of these
type negative behaviors
✔✔Extinction Burst - ✔✔the phenomenon of a previously reinforced or learned behavior
temporarily increasing when the reinforcement for the behavior is removed
✔✔Spontaneous Recovery - ✔✔occurs after the behavior starts to go away and can
happen even without reinforcement. You could be doing everything right and all of a
sudden the behavior will pop back up.
✔✔Deprivation - ✔✔The absence or reduction of a reinforcer for a period of time in
order to increase the effectiveness of the reinforcer and the rate of behavior that
produced that reinforcer in the past.
✔✔Satiation - ✔✔A decrease in the frequency of behavior presumed to be the result of
continued contact with or consumption of a reinforcer that has followed that behavior
✔✔Stimulus - ✔✔any object or event that elicits a sensory or behavioral response in an
organism
, ✔✔Discriminative Stimulus - ✔✔a stimulus that increases the probability of a response
because of a previous history of differential reinforcement in the presence of that
stimulus.
An environmental cue or instructions that signals that reinforcement is available for a
target behavior. (A cue is given —› the child responds —› a reward is given for a correct
response)
✔✔Stimulus Control - ✔✔a phenomenon in operant conditioning (also called
contingency management) that occurs when an organism behaves in one way in the
presence of a given stimulus and another way in its absence.
✔✔Stimulus Responses - ✔✔a sequence of two or more behaviors in which each
behavior produces a result that is the discriminative stimulus for the next behavior and
in which the last behavior is reinforced
behavior cannot exist without a stimulus of some sort.
✔✔Motivation Operations - ✔✔the motivations that encourage or discourage certain
behaviors. Their purpose is to enhance or reduce the reinforcement value. It could
impact the effectiveness of a certain event or stimulus in its role as reinforcer.
✔✔Establishing Operations - ✔✔a motivating operation that increases the value of a
reinforcer and increase the frequency in behavior that provides access to the reinforcer
(if hungry, more motivated to get food.
✔✔Setting Events - ✔✔prior events or conditions, internal or external to the individual,
that influence the probability and form of behavior presented by the individual.
✔✔Reinforcement - ✔✔Reinforcement: Increases the future frequency of that behavior
Positive: the addition of a reinforcing stimulus following a behavior that makes it more
likely the behavior will occur again
Negative: the removal of an aversive stimulus or negative outcome in which the
response or behavior is strengthened by stopping or removing it.
✔✔Punishment - ✔✔Punishment: decreases the future frequency of that behavior
Positive: this works by presenting (adding) a negative consequence after an undesired
behavior is exhibited, making the behavior less likely to happen in the future.
Negative: taking something good (removing) or desirable away after an undesired
behavior is exhibited, making the behavior less likely to occur again.
