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CARD BCAT Pre-test Questions and Answers 100% Pass What are the 4 Types of Reinforcement 1) Social positive 2)Automatic Positive 3) Social Negative 4)Automatic Negative Positive Reinforcement Something good is added to the environment to increase the future frequency of a behavior Increasing behaviors by presenting positive stimuli, such as food. A positive reinforcer is any stimulus that, when presented after a response, strengthens the response. Social positive (Positive Reinforcemen...

BCAT Test 2022/2023 Questions And 100% correct Answers Autism is a: A. Neurodevelopment Disorder B. Mood Disorder C. Metabolic Disorder Ans:A ASD is characterized by: A. "Difficulties with reading, writing and math" B. "Difficulties in social interaction, communication and repetitive behaviors" C. "Difficulties with communication, acting out and academics" D. "Difficulties with following instructions and self harming" Ans:B ABA is the cure for autism A. TRUE B. FALSE An...

Autism is a: A. Neurodevelopment Disorder B. Mood Disorder C. Metabolic Disorder - correct answer A ASD is characterized by: A. "Difficulties with reading, writing and math" B. "Difficulties in social interaction, communication and repetitive behaviors" C. "Difficulties with communication, acting out and academics" D. "Difficulties with following instructions and self-harming" - correct answer B ABA is the cure for autism A. TRUE B. FALSE - correct answer B The...

Deficits in Social Emotional Reciprocity - correct answer Range from abnormal social approach and failure of normal back and forth conversations; to reduced sharing of interests, emotions, or affect: to failure to initiate or respond to social interactions. Deficits in nonverbal communicative behaviors used for social interaction - correct answer Manifested by absent, reduced, or atypical use of eye contact (relative to cultural norms), gestures, facial expressions, body orientation, or speec...

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 w...

1. Autism is a: A. Neurodevelopment Disorder B. Mood Disorder C. Metabolic Disorder ANS : A 2. ASD is characterized by: A. "Difficulties with reading, writing and math" B. "Difficulties in social interaction, communication and repetitive behaviors" C. "Difficulties with communication, acting out and academics" D. "Difficulties with following instructions and self harming" ANS : B 3. ABA is the cure for autism A. TRUE B. FALSE ANS : B 4. The three term contingency is A. An...

1. Deficits in Social Emotional Reciprocity ANS Range from abnormal social ap- proach and failure of normal back and forth conversations; to reduced sharing of interests, emotions, or affect to failure to initiate or respond to social interactions. 2. Deficits in nonverbal communicative behaviors used for social interaction- ANS Manifested by absent, reduced, or atypical use of eye contact (relative to cultural norms), gestures, facial expressions, body orientation, or speech intonation. 3. ...

1. Deficits in social-emotional reciprocity: -abnormal social approach -failure of normal back-and-forth conversation -reduced sharing of interests, emotions, or affect -failure to initiate or respond to social interactions 2. example of deficit of social-emotional reciprocity: he teacher tells students to find a partner to work with on a math activity. As students move around the classroom pairing up, Michelle, a student with autism, stands in the middle of the classroom looking at the othe...

1. Frequency is: A. The length of time it takes to START a behavior after the instruction is given B. Assigning numbers to different prompt levels C. The number of times the behavior occurs D. The length of time that a behavior occurs ANS : C 2. Whole-Interval Time Sampling A. "Records the antecedent, behavior and consequence of problem behav- iors" B. The target behavior is recorded as a (+) if occurs throughout the entire interval C. The length of time a behavior occurs D. The le...