ABAT EXAMS 2026 SCRIPT ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Behavior - ✔✔A response, must be in objective terms. Non compliance is not a is
not a behavior, behavior is labeled as " client turned head in opposite direction." "walked
away after given a demand."
✔✔Consequence - ✔✔what follows the behavior that will either influence the behavior
to increase or decrease ex: Client is given a piece of cookie for requesting "cookie."
client then independently asks for cookie every time they want a cookie.
✔✔3 term contingency - ✔✔Illustrates how behavior is elicited by the environment and
how the consequences of the behavior can affect its future occurrence.
✔✔stimulus - ✔✔Any item, action, attention, or edible ex; noise level, eye contact,
instruction, presence of person, toy, edible, pointing to an object.
✔✔Discriminative stimulus - ✔✔stimulus in the presence of which a particular response
will be reinforced. Ex; therapist walks in the door(DS) and signals to the child that they
have availability if a reinforcement (fun dispenser) if they follow instruction and use their
words.
, ✔✔Stimulus control - ✔✔the environment or stimulus controls the clients' behavior ex;
walking in the library should control the clients' behavior to quiet talking and walking.
✔✔response - ✔✔Any behavior that results from a stimulus ex: "child matches the
picture of the boat when given card and instruction, "put with the same."
✔✔Discrete trial - ✔✔a series of "teaching attempts" w/ each "attempt" called a discrete
trial" or "trial' ex; teaching a child to learn to identify the colors red and blue by asking
her to point to red or blue cards placed on the table.
✔✔Discrimination training - ✔✔A procedure to gain stimulus control ex: laying two cards
on the table and asking " which one is the dog?"
✔✔Discrete trial training - ✔✔Method of teaching that uses SD- Response-
consequence pattern. mass trial, adult led instruction. Typically very structured with lots
of repetition.
✔✔Natural environment training - ✔✔NET captures and contrives learning opportunities
in the natural setting. ( can be learned through play) NET also involves learning in :real
life" versus in flashcards or at a table, and this teaching style follows the childs lead
using the learner's MO ( preferred activity) to facilitate learning.
✔✔fluency based training - ✔✔working with our learners to take a mastered skill and
promote responding with speed and accuracy for ex: rapid fire SD across operants such
as " find the pig' what does the pig say? point to your nose. who says "moo?" tell me
some foods, where is your belly? find the car.
✔✔generalization - ✔✔being able to use skills in a variety of settings, with a variety of
people., and/or across a variety of examples. ex: knowing a real life pitfall, a collie, and
a stiffed animal are all dogs.
✔✔Maintenance - ✔✔Keeping a mastered skill across time, even when reinforcement is
thinned. ex; teach a child ready, set-- and they are able to do this one month later.
✔✔Caregiver training - ✔✔teaching parents and caregivers behavioral strategies to
address maladaptive behaviors and build adaptive skills.
✔✔Premack principle - ✔✔A first then contingency. a reinforcement is only delivered
upon completion of the demand.
✔✔preference assessment - ✔✔observations to identify which items a learner favors,
which may become potential reinforcers. Multiple ways to access. free operant, paired
stimulus, single stimulus, multiple stimulus, with or without replacement.
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Behavior - ✔✔A response, must be in objective terms. Non compliance is not a is
not a behavior, behavior is labeled as " client turned head in opposite direction." "walked
away after given a demand."
✔✔Consequence - ✔✔what follows the behavior that will either influence the behavior
to increase or decrease ex: Client is given a piece of cookie for requesting "cookie."
client then independently asks for cookie every time they want a cookie.
✔✔3 term contingency - ✔✔Illustrates how behavior is elicited by the environment and
how the consequences of the behavior can affect its future occurrence.
✔✔stimulus - ✔✔Any item, action, attention, or edible ex; noise level, eye contact,
instruction, presence of person, toy, edible, pointing to an object.
✔✔Discriminative stimulus - ✔✔stimulus in the presence of which a particular response
will be reinforced. Ex; therapist walks in the door(DS) and signals to the child that they
have availability if a reinforcement (fun dispenser) if they follow instruction and use their
words.
, ✔✔Stimulus control - ✔✔the environment or stimulus controls the clients' behavior ex;
walking in the library should control the clients' behavior to quiet talking and walking.
✔✔response - ✔✔Any behavior that results from a stimulus ex: "child matches the
picture of the boat when given card and instruction, "put with the same."
✔✔Discrete trial - ✔✔a series of "teaching attempts" w/ each "attempt" called a discrete
trial" or "trial' ex; teaching a child to learn to identify the colors red and blue by asking
her to point to red or blue cards placed on the table.
✔✔Discrimination training - ✔✔A procedure to gain stimulus control ex: laying two cards
on the table and asking " which one is the dog?"
✔✔Discrete trial training - ✔✔Method of teaching that uses SD- Response-
consequence pattern. mass trial, adult led instruction. Typically very structured with lots
of repetition.
✔✔Natural environment training - ✔✔NET captures and contrives learning opportunities
in the natural setting. ( can be learned through play) NET also involves learning in :real
life" versus in flashcards or at a table, and this teaching style follows the childs lead
using the learner's MO ( preferred activity) to facilitate learning.
✔✔fluency based training - ✔✔working with our learners to take a mastered skill and
promote responding with speed and accuracy for ex: rapid fire SD across operants such
as " find the pig' what does the pig say? point to your nose. who says "moo?" tell me
some foods, where is your belly? find the car.
✔✔generalization - ✔✔being able to use skills in a variety of settings, with a variety of
people., and/or across a variety of examples. ex: knowing a real life pitfall, a collie, and
a stiffed animal are all dogs.
✔✔Maintenance - ✔✔Keeping a mastered skill across time, even when reinforcement is
thinned. ex; teach a child ready, set-- and they are able to do this one month later.
✔✔Caregiver training - ✔✔teaching parents and caregivers behavioral strategies to
address maladaptive behaviors and build adaptive skills.
✔✔Premack principle - ✔✔A first then contingency. a reinforcement is only delivered
upon completion of the demand.
✔✔preference assessment - ✔✔observations to identify which items a learner favors,
which may become potential reinforcers. Multiple ways to access. free operant, paired
stimulus, single stimulus, multiple stimulus, with or without replacement.
