ABAT EXAM STUDY GUIDE|| 2025
LATEST UPDATE|| CORRECT 100%
What is the Prevalence of ASD? - ANSWER1 in 59 children, most common in boys.
Lovaas - ANSWER- Early Intensive Behavior Intervention (EIBI);
Skinner - ANSWERoperant conditioning
Watson - ANSWERFather of Behaviorism
Thorndike - ANSWER- another father of behaviorism, law of effect
Pavlov - ANSWERclassical conditioning
Social Communication: - ANSWERImpairments in ability to communicate with others
socially. May ask repetitive questions or take what others say literally
Social Interaction: - ANSWERImpairments in how an individual behaves when around
others and how they build friendships. May observe child invading personal space, or
inappropriately touching others.
Social Imagination: - ANSWERImpairments in the ability to engage in flexible thinking
related to perspectives, interests, routines, and rules.
Identify the currently accepted prevalence of Autism in the US - ANSWER1 in 68 per
CDC (2016); 1 in 42 for boys and 1 in 189 for girls
What is Serial Thinking? - ANSWERThe theory that individuals with ASD cannot
process more than one piece of information at a time. Break down instructions into
smaller steps for the client to complete.
Joint Attention - ANSWERSharing attention between another person and an object
Auditory Processing Disorder - ANSWERTypically have normal hearing but struggle to
process and make meaning of sounds.
Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) - ANSWERConnected with IDEA Students spend
as much time as possible mainstreamed in general education courses
IEP goals and objectives - ANSWEROne annual goal 3 objectives: objectives are
smaller benchmarks that the client will meet throughout the year.
, Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) - ANSWERFederal Law passed in 1975.
Required schools to provide education to eligible individuals with disabilities. Purpose:
Free and Public Education (FAPE)
What is meant by the 3-term contingency? - ANSWERA= Antecedent (what occurs
immediately before a behavior)
B= Behavior (any interaction between an organism and its environment)
C= Consequence (what occurs immediately following a behavior)
Matching Law - ANSWERIntensity of reinforcement matches the intensity of the
expected demand
Satiation: - ANSWERHaving your "fill" of something. Example: if your client always has
access to their tablet, they are less likely to work for the tablet.
Deprivation: - ANSWERThink "deprived". The client has not had continuous access to
this item. Example: You take away your child's video games for the week. At the end of
the week you tell them if they clean their room, they can have their video games. They
are more likely to clean their room.
positive reinforcement - ANSWERadding a desirable stimulus to increase a behavior
negative reinforcement - ANSWERtaking away an undesirable stimulus to increase a
behavior
Reinforcement - ANSWERincreases behavior
Punishment - ANSWERdecreases behavior
schedules of reinforcement - ANSWERcontinuous, fixed interval, variable interval, fixed
ratio, variable ratio
Continuous: - ANSWER: receives reinforcement after EVERY correct response (FR1)
Fixed Interval: - ANSWERreinforcer delivered after a FIXED interval of TIME
Variable Interval: - ANSWERreinforcer delivered after a VARIABLE interval of TIME
Fixed Ratio: - ANSWERreinforcer delivered after SET number of RESPONSES
Variable Ratio: - ANSWERreinforcer delivered after VARIABLE number of
RESPONSES
Extinction - ANSWERNo longer reinforcing a previously reinforced behavior.
LATEST UPDATE|| CORRECT 100%
What is the Prevalence of ASD? - ANSWER1 in 59 children, most common in boys.
Lovaas - ANSWER- Early Intensive Behavior Intervention (EIBI);
Skinner - ANSWERoperant conditioning
Watson - ANSWERFather of Behaviorism
Thorndike - ANSWER- another father of behaviorism, law of effect
Pavlov - ANSWERclassical conditioning
Social Communication: - ANSWERImpairments in ability to communicate with others
socially. May ask repetitive questions or take what others say literally
Social Interaction: - ANSWERImpairments in how an individual behaves when around
others and how they build friendships. May observe child invading personal space, or
inappropriately touching others.
Social Imagination: - ANSWERImpairments in the ability to engage in flexible thinking
related to perspectives, interests, routines, and rules.
Identify the currently accepted prevalence of Autism in the US - ANSWER1 in 68 per
CDC (2016); 1 in 42 for boys and 1 in 189 for girls
What is Serial Thinking? - ANSWERThe theory that individuals with ASD cannot
process more than one piece of information at a time. Break down instructions into
smaller steps for the client to complete.
Joint Attention - ANSWERSharing attention between another person and an object
Auditory Processing Disorder - ANSWERTypically have normal hearing but struggle to
process and make meaning of sounds.
Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) - ANSWERConnected with IDEA Students spend
as much time as possible mainstreamed in general education courses
IEP goals and objectives - ANSWEROne annual goal 3 objectives: objectives are
smaller benchmarks that the client will meet throughout the year.
, Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) - ANSWERFederal Law passed in 1975.
Required schools to provide education to eligible individuals with disabilities. Purpose:
Free and Public Education (FAPE)
What is meant by the 3-term contingency? - ANSWERA= Antecedent (what occurs
immediately before a behavior)
B= Behavior (any interaction between an organism and its environment)
C= Consequence (what occurs immediately following a behavior)
Matching Law - ANSWERIntensity of reinforcement matches the intensity of the
expected demand
Satiation: - ANSWERHaving your "fill" of something. Example: if your client always has
access to their tablet, they are less likely to work for the tablet.
Deprivation: - ANSWERThink "deprived". The client has not had continuous access to
this item. Example: You take away your child's video games for the week. At the end of
the week you tell them if they clean their room, they can have their video games. They
are more likely to clean their room.
positive reinforcement - ANSWERadding a desirable stimulus to increase a behavior
negative reinforcement - ANSWERtaking away an undesirable stimulus to increase a
behavior
Reinforcement - ANSWERincreases behavior
Punishment - ANSWERdecreases behavior
schedules of reinforcement - ANSWERcontinuous, fixed interval, variable interval, fixed
ratio, variable ratio
Continuous: - ANSWER: receives reinforcement after EVERY correct response (FR1)
Fixed Interval: - ANSWERreinforcer delivered after a FIXED interval of TIME
Variable Interval: - ANSWERreinforcer delivered after a VARIABLE interval of TIME
Fixed Ratio: - ANSWERreinforcer delivered after SET number of RESPONSES
Variable Ratio: - ANSWERreinforcer delivered after VARIABLE number of
RESPONSES
Extinction - ANSWERNo longer reinforcing a previously reinforced behavior.
