BCAT Exam Questions and Answers
Latest Graded A
Motivating Operations (MO) ✔✔An environmental variable that alters the reinforcing
effectiveness of some stimulus, object, or event.
Contingency ✔✔Refers to dependent and/or temporal relations between operant behavior an it's
controlling variables.
Satiation ✔✔Repeated presentation of a reinforcer weakens its effectiveness and for this reason
the rate of responses declines.
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 probability of that response.
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
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.
Establishing Operations (EO) ✔✔Increases motivation for something and increases likelihood you
will try to access that reinforcer
Abolishing Operations (AO) ✔✔Decreases motivation for something and decreases likelihood you
will try to access that reinforcer
, Discriminative Stimulus (SD) ✔✔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) ✔✔The tendency for the target behavior to occur in the
presence of the SD (b/c it was reinforced in the past)
Discrimination Training ✔✔Teach the child to respond to/tell the difference between two (or
more) SDs.
Discrete Trial Training (DTT) ✔✔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 ✔✔Taking an existing skill and increasing accuracy and speed of skill
performance in order to develop competence
Errorless Learning ✔✔Involves early and immediate prompting of the target response so that the
learner's response is sure to be correct.
Most-to-Least Prompting ✔✔Fading from one type of prompt to another less intrusive prompt.
Most assistance to least assistance.
Least-to-Most Prompting ✔✔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 ✔✔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
Latest Graded A
Motivating Operations (MO) ✔✔An environmental variable that alters the reinforcing
effectiveness of some stimulus, object, or event.
Contingency ✔✔Refers to dependent and/or temporal relations between operant behavior an it's
controlling variables.
Satiation ✔✔Repeated presentation of a reinforcer weakens its effectiveness and for this reason
the rate of responses declines.
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 probability of that response.
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
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.
Establishing Operations (EO) ✔✔Increases motivation for something and increases likelihood you
will try to access that reinforcer
Abolishing Operations (AO) ✔✔Decreases motivation for something and decreases likelihood you
will try to access that reinforcer
, Discriminative Stimulus (SD) ✔✔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) ✔✔The tendency for the target behavior to occur in the
presence of the SD (b/c it was reinforced in the past)
Discrimination Training ✔✔Teach the child to respond to/tell the difference between two (or
more) SDs.
Discrete Trial Training (DTT) ✔✔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 ✔✔Taking an existing skill and increasing accuracy and speed of skill
performance in order to develop competence
Errorless Learning ✔✔Involves early and immediate prompting of the target response so that the
learner's response is sure to be correct.
Most-to-Least Prompting ✔✔Fading from one type of prompt to another less intrusive prompt.
Most assistance to least assistance.
Least-to-Most Prompting ✔✔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 ✔✔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
