BCAT Exam 2023 with 100% correct answers

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