BCAT REVIEW SHEET 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE
ANSWERS
◉ Contingency. Answer: Refers to dependent and/or temporal relations
between operant behavior an it's controlling variables.
◉ Satiation. Answer: Repeated presentation of a reinforcer weakens its
effectiveness and for this reason the rate of responses declines.
◉ Positive Reinforcement. 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. 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. 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. 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). Answer: Increases motivation for
something and increases likelihood you will try to access that reinforcer
◉ Abolishing Operations (AO). Answer: Decreases motivation for
something and decreases likelihood you will try to access that reinforcer
◉ Discriminative Stimulus (SD). Answer: A stimulus in the presence of
which a particular response will be reinforced and in the absence of
which that response will not be reinf
◉ Stimulus Control (Discriminative Control). Answer: The tendency for
the target behavior to occur in the presence of the SD (b/c it was
reinforced in the past)
◉ Discrimination Training. Answer: Teach the child to respond to/tell
the difference between two (or more) SDs.
◉ Discrete Trial Training (DTT). Answer: A specific method of
teaching in which a task is isolated and taught across multiple trials. A
specific opportunity (antecedent) is presented and a specific response is
expected. A consequence follows the response.
◉ Fluency-Based Training. Answer: Taking an existing skill and
increasing accuracy and speed of skill performance in order to develop
competence
, ◉ Errorless Learning. Answer: Involves early and immediate prompting
of the target response so that the learner's response is sure to be correct.
◉ Most-to-Least Prompting. Answer: Fading from one type of prompt to
another less intrusive prompt. Most assistance to least assistance.
◉ Least-to-Most Prompting. Answer: Staring with a least intrusive
prompt possible and the client is not successful, therefore having to
move to more intrusive prompts until the client responds.
◉ Chaining. Answer: A chain of sequence of SDs and responses where
each response in the sequence (expect for the last one) produces the SD
for the next response in the sequence; A complex bx that is comprised of
many single responses that occur in a specific sequence
◉ Forward Chaining. Answer: Begin with the first SD-Response
component in the chain and then continue forward though the remaining
SD-Response components
◉ Backward Chaining. Answer: Begin with the final step, or the last
SD-Response component, then move backwards towards the remaining
components
◉ Total Task Presentation. Answer: All of the SD-Response
components of the chain are taught during every learning trial. A
reinforcer is delivered after each SD-Response component.
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE
ANSWERS
◉ Contingency. Answer: Refers to dependent and/or temporal relations
between operant behavior an it's controlling variables.
◉ Satiation. Answer: Repeated presentation of a reinforcer weakens its
effectiveness and for this reason the rate of responses declines.
◉ Positive Reinforcement. 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. 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. 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. 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). Answer: Increases motivation for
something and increases likelihood you will try to access that reinforcer
◉ Abolishing Operations (AO). Answer: Decreases motivation for
something and decreases likelihood you will try to access that reinforcer
◉ Discriminative Stimulus (SD). Answer: A stimulus in the presence of
which a particular response will be reinforced and in the absence of
which that response will not be reinf
◉ Stimulus Control (Discriminative Control). Answer: The tendency for
the target behavior to occur in the presence of the SD (b/c it was
reinforced in the past)
◉ Discrimination Training. Answer: Teach the child to respond to/tell
the difference between two (or more) SDs.
◉ Discrete Trial Training (DTT). Answer: A specific method of
teaching in which a task is isolated and taught across multiple trials. A
specific opportunity (antecedent) is presented and a specific response is
expected. A consequence follows the response.
◉ Fluency-Based Training. Answer: Taking an existing skill and
increasing accuracy and speed of skill performance in order to develop
competence
, ◉ Errorless Learning. Answer: Involves early and immediate prompting
of the target response so that the learner's response is sure to be correct.
◉ Most-to-Least Prompting. Answer: Fading from one type of prompt to
another less intrusive prompt. Most assistance to least assistance.
◉ Least-to-Most Prompting. Answer: Staring with a least intrusive
prompt possible and the client is not successful, therefore having to
move to more intrusive prompts until the client responds.
◉ Chaining. Answer: A chain of sequence of SDs and responses where
each response in the sequence (expect for the last one) produces the SD
for the next response in the sequence; A complex bx that is comprised of
many single responses that occur in a specific sequence
◉ Forward Chaining. Answer: Begin with the first SD-Response
component in the chain and then continue forward though the remaining
SD-Response components
◉ Backward Chaining. Answer: Begin with the final step, or the last
SD-Response component, then move backwards towards the remaining
components
◉ Total Task Presentation. Answer: All of the SD-Response
components of the chain are taught during every learning trial. A
reinforcer is delivered after each SD-Response component.
