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BCAT Exam Questions and Answers Latest 2022 Graded A

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Motivating Operations (MO) ✔✔An environmental variable that alters the reinforcing effectiveness of some stimulus, object, or event. Contingency ✔✔Refers to dependent and/or temporal relatio ... ns 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 reinforcerDiscriminative 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 re [Show More]

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