BCAT Skill Acquisition Procedures 2

Question 1

Which prompt type provides the least amount of assistance in a least-to-most prompting hierarchy?

Accepted Answer

Independent response

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Physical guidance

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Verbal prompt

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Gestural prompt

Question 2

A learner consistently performs the first step of a chain but skips later steps. Which chaining method would best address this error pattern?

Accepted Answer

Backward chaining

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Forward chaining

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Total task chaining

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Simultaneous chaining

Question 3

What is the primary purpose of a task analysis in skill acquisition?

Accepted Answer

To break a complex skill into teachable sequential steps

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To identify reinforcers for the learner

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To measure the learner's IQ level

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To schedule therapy sessions

Question 4

During discrete trial training, what should happen immediately after the learner emits the correct response?

Accepted Answer

Deliver the reinforcer

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Deliver the next trial

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Provide corrective feedback

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Record the data then reinforce

Question 5

Which of the following best describes stimulus control transfer?

Accepted Answer

Shifting response control from a prompt to the natural discriminative stimulus

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Moving reinforcement from food to praise

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Changing the target behavior over time

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Transferring skills from one therapist to another

Question 6

A technician is teaching a child to label colors using pictures. After mastery with cards, the child fails to label colors on real objects. This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

Stimulus generalization failure

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Response generalization

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Extinction burst

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Prompt dependency

Question 7

Which schedule of reinforcement produces the highest and most consistent rate of responding?

Accepted Answer

Variable ratio

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Fixed ratio

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Fixed interval

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Variable interval