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Current statistic of children diagnosed with ASD in the US - correct answer -1 in 59 children Stereotypic behaviors - correct answer -Lining up toys, flipping objects, echolalia, hand flapping Deficits in social-emotional reciprocity - correct answer -Failure of normal back-and-forth conversation and reduced affect 3 comorbid diagnoses that may accompany an individual diagnosed with ASD - correct answer -GI disorders, seizures, sleep disturbance, ADHD, anxiety, phobias Evidence based...

Forward Chaining - correct answer Begin with the first SD- response component in the chain and then continue forward through the remaining SD-response components. Example: Teaching a child to brush their teeth from the beginning of the task with the SD "Brush your teeth" the child gets the tooth brush, turns on the cold water, puts the toothbrush under the water... eventually then gets towel, wipes mouth and hands and hangs towel up. The reinforcer will be AFTER THE TARGET STEP and the The...

Autism Spectrum Disorder - correct answer -•Knowledge of *deficits in social-emotional reciprocity* •Knowledge of *deficits in nonverbal communicative behaviors used for social interaction* •Knowledge of *deficits in developing, maintaining, and understanding relationships* •Knowledge of *stereotyped or repetitive motor movements, use of objects, or speech* •Knowledge of *insistence on sameness, inflexible adherence to routines, or ritualized patterns of verbal or nonverbal behavio...

Positive reinforcement - correct answer -Give something that increases behavior Negative reinforcement - correct answer -Take something away that increases behavior Positive punishment - correct answer -Give something that decreases behavior Negative punishment - correct answer -Take something away that decreases behavior Reinforcer - correct answer -A stimulus that increases the probability of a desired response Punisher - correct answer -A stimulus that decreases the probability...

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 ...

BCAT Exam 2023 with 100% correct answers

Accurate Data - correct answer -is always necessary for building behavior change plans and measuring progress. Under What circumstances is it alright not to take data immediately after a behavior occurs? - correct answer -When the demands of the intervention of the behavior of the person precludes taking data immediately. Least intrusive interventions are preferable because: - correct answer -They offer the person a greater opportunity to self-monitor their own behavior If an intrusive...

Latency - correct answer -Elapsed time from the onset of a stimulus to the initiation of a response Deficits in social-emotional reciprocity - correct answer -ranging, for example, from abnormal social approach and failure of normal back-and-forth conversation; 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 -ranging for example, from poo...

Arbitrary Stimulus Class - correct answer An arbitrary response class contains stimuli that evoke the same response but do not share a common physical feature. The women's restroom signs are all different in their physical features: one contains an English word, one contains the universal symbol for women, and the other is a stylized female. The other examples are all feature stimulus classes, in that they share common physical forms. Stimulus Discrimination - correct answer reinforcing ...

interresponse time (IRT) - correct answer the elapsed time between the end of one response to the beginning of the next response There is a student in your class that refuses to do his work and will rip his worksheets and other materials. You want to teach him how to ask for a break. How should the functional replacement bx be reinforced? - correct answer Negative reinforcement Jacob keeps shouting out during math class trying to get the teacher's attention. When the teacher answers...