BCAT Exam Complete Latest Update 2024

1. Motivating Operations (MO): An environmental variable that alters the reinforc- ing effectiveness of some stimulus, object, or event. 2. Contingency: Refers to dependent and/or temporal relations between operant behavior an it's controlling variables. 3. Satiation: Repeated presentation of a reinforcer weakens its effectiveness and for this reason the rate of responses declines. 4. 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 5. 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. 6. 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 7. Negative Punishment: A type of punishment in which stimulus removal is con- tingent on a response, resulting in the decrease of the future probability of that response.