BCAT CORE MAIN EXAMINATION QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Early intensive behavioral intervention research - ✔✔ABA (Applied Behavior
Analysis) Early intensive intervention helps all ages, but those who start before age 2
were most likely to make dramatic gains.
✔✔Foundational Autism Research - ✔✔IAN (Interactive Autism Network) a project
collecting information online from families of children with autism, ABA which may help
build the foundation for later social skills training
✔✔Difference between evidence-based interventions vs. non-evidence based
interventions - ✔✔-Evidence-based: a body of formal research indicates the
effectiveness of the treatment. (occupational therapy, speech therapy, ABA, social skills
therapy) -Non-evidence based: has not been proven effective ( Hippo therapy (horse-
back riding), GFCF diet (Gluten free, Casein free)
✔✔Negative Punishment - ✔✔Jake loves PE. He spits at the teacher during PE class.
The teacher sent him to stand in the hall. The next PE class Jake did not spit.
✔✔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.
, ✔✔Negative reinforcement - ✔✔A type of reinforcement in which Removal of a stimulus
is contingent on a response, resulting in an Increase in the future probablity of that
response.
✔✔Positive Punishment - ✔✔A type of punishment in which stimulus Presentaion is
contingent on a response resulting in the Decrease of the future probability of that
response.
✔✔Negative Punishment - ✔✔A type of punishment in which stimulus Removal is
contingent on a response, resulting in the Decrease of the future probability of that
response.
✔✔Reinforcer - ✔✔A stimulus that is either delivered or removed that will Increase the
lielihood of that response occurring in the future
✔✔Punisher - ✔✔Something that causes the target behavior to decrease
✔✔Conditioned Reinforcer - ✔✔(Secondary reinforcer) A stimulus that initially has no
reinforcing properties but through occurring simultaneouly with an unconditioned or
strongly contitioned reinforcer, acquires reinforcing properties.
✔✔Unconditioned Reinforcer - ✔✔(Primary Reinforcer) Reinforcement that is inherent:
food, clothing & shelter
✔✔Extinction - ✔✔A procedure by which a behavior that was previously reinforced no
longer recieves reinforcement and the probability of the behavior decreases.
✔✔Deprivation - ✔✔The more deprived of a particular reinforcer, the more powerful that
reinforce will be come, used to make it clear that reinforcement is available if the correct
response is given
✔✔Satiation - ✔✔Repeated presentation of a reinforcer weakens its effectiveness and
for this reason the rate of responses declines.
✔✔Contingency - ✔✔the relationship between two events, one being contingent or a
consequence of the other event,
✔✔Motivating Operation - ✔✔An environmental variable that alters the reinforcing
effectiveness of some stimulus, object or event.
✔✔Satiation - ✔✔Elijah has just eaten lunch. The TX brings him into session and plans
on using pieces of carrots as a reinforcer. Carrots are Elijah's favorite food. Elijah
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Early intensive behavioral intervention research - ✔✔ABA (Applied Behavior
Analysis) Early intensive intervention helps all ages, but those who start before age 2
were most likely to make dramatic gains.
✔✔Foundational Autism Research - ✔✔IAN (Interactive Autism Network) a project
collecting information online from families of children with autism, ABA which may help
build the foundation for later social skills training
✔✔Difference between evidence-based interventions vs. non-evidence based
interventions - ✔✔-Evidence-based: a body of formal research indicates the
effectiveness of the treatment. (occupational therapy, speech therapy, ABA, social skills
therapy) -Non-evidence based: has not been proven effective ( Hippo therapy (horse-
back riding), GFCF diet (Gluten free, Casein free)
✔✔Negative Punishment - ✔✔Jake loves PE. He spits at the teacher during PE class.
The teacher sent him to stand in the hall. The next PE class Jake did not spit.
✔✔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.
, ✔✔Negative reinforcement - ✔✔A type of reinforcement in which Removal of a stimulus
is contingent on a response, resulting in an Increase in the future probablity of that
response.
✔✔Positive Punishment - ✔✔A type of punishment in which stimulus Presentaion is
contingent on a response resulting in the Decrease of the future probability of that
response.
✔✔Negative Punishment - ✔✔A type of punishment in which stimulus Removal is
contingent on a response, resulting in the Decrease of the future probability of that
response.
✔✔Reinforcer - ✔✔A stimulus that is either delivered or removed that will Increase the
lielihood of that response occurring in the future
✔✔Punisher - ✔✔Something that causes the target behavior to decrease
✔✔Conditioned Reinforcer - ✔✔(Secondary reinforcer) A stimulus that initially has no
reinforcing properties but through occurring simultaneouly with an unconditioned or
strongly contitioned reinforcer, acquires reinforcing properties.
✔✔Unconditioned Reinforcer - ✔✔(Primary Reinforcer) Reinforcement that is inherent:
food, clothing & shelter
✔✔Extinction - ✔✔A procedure by which a behavior that was previously reinforced no
longer recieves reinforcement and the probability of the behavior decreases.
✔✔Deprivation - ✔✔The more deprived of a particular reinforcer, the more powerful that
reinforce will be come, used to make it clear that reinforcement is available if the correct
response is given
✔✔Satiation - ✔✔Repeated presentation of a reinforcer weakens its effectiveness and
for this reason the rate of responses declines.
✔✔Contingency - ✔✔the relationship between two events, one being contingent or a
consequence of the other event,
✔✔Motivating Operation - ✔✔An environmental variable that alters the reinforcing
effectiveness of some stimulus, object or event.
✔✔Satiation - ✔✔Elijah has just eaten lunch. The TX brings him into session and plans
on using pieces of carrots as a reinforcer. Carrots are Elijah's favorite food. Elijah
