BCAT BUNDLED EXAMS UPDATED STUDY
SET 2026 COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED
A+
⫸ 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
SET 2026 COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED
A+
⫸ 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
