BCABA

BCABA practice questions, page 8 of 11, with answer review and explanations.

Question 36

A person engages in target behaviors in environments different from the original training environment. This is a demonstration of

  1. stimulus generalization.
  2. response generalization.
  3. stimulus discrimination.
  4. response induction.

Question 37

Terry notices that his heart rate increases and he begins to sweat when he enters the dentist's office because the office is associated with painful, unpleasant dental work. He also is reluctant to make appointments and seems to want to do anything else but go to the dentist. His physical symptoms are an example of .

  1. operant behavior.
  2. respondent behavior.
  3. escape conditioning.
  4. aversive conditioning.

Question 38

The defining feature of operant conditioning, as contrasted with respondent conditioning, is that the probability of behavior in operant conditioning is changed because of

  1. changes in consequences.
  2. conditioning history.
  3. environmental changes.
  4. stimulus pairing. A

Question 39

Echoic behavior is controlled by a

  1. non-verbal stimulus, the response matches that stimulus, and reinforcer is specific.
  2. verbal stimulus, the response matches that stimulus, and reinforcer is non-specific.
  3. verbal stimulus, the response matches that stimulus, and reinforcer is specific.
  4. verbal stimulus, the response does not match that stimulus, and reinforcer is non-specific.

Question 40

A behavior analyst is conducting a communication training session with a child. The behavior analyst says to the child, "Say your name." The child says, "Sarah." and the behavior analyst delivers a reinforcer. What type of verbal operant was the behavior analyst's statement?

  1. echoic
  2. mand
  3. prompt
  4. tact