BCBA Stimulus Control and Verbal Behavior

Question 1

Which stimulus control concept describes a learner responding correctly to a trained stimulus but not to similar untrained stimuli?

Accepted Answer

Stimulus discrimination

Answer

Stimulus discrimination occurs when a behavior is emitted in the presence of the SD but not in the presence of stimuli that were not reinforced.

Question 2

A verbal operant under the control of a motivating operation that is reinforced by a generalized conditioned reinforcer is called a:

Accepted Answer

Mand

Answer

A mand is controlled by a motivating operation and produces the specific reinforcer related to that operation.

Question 3

When a student labels a picture of a dog as 'dog' with no other prompts, this is an example of which verbal operant?

Accepted Answer

Tact

Answer

A tact is a verbal operant evoked by a nonverbal discriminative stimulus (the picture) and maintained by generalized conditioned reinforcement.

Question 4

Multiple exemplar training is primarily used to promote which behavioral outcome?

Accepted Answer

Generalization across settings and stimuli

Answer

Training with multiple exemplars exposes learners to varied instances so the skill transfers to untrained stimuli and settings.

Question 5

The process by which a neutral stimulus acquires discriminative control through pairing with an existing SD is called:

Accepted Answer

Conditional discrimination

Answer

Conditional discrimination (also called stimulus-stimulus pairing in some contexts) establishes new SDs by pairing neutral stimuli with stimuli that already control responding.

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BCBA - Board Certified Behavior Analyst Practice Test

BCBA Stimulus Control and Verbal Behavior