BCAT EXAM STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025/2026
Deficits in social-emotional reciprocity - ANS -abnormal social approach
-failure of normal back-and-forth conversation
-reduced sharing of interests, emotions, or affect
-failure to initiate or respond to social interactions
example of deficit of social-emotional reciprocity - ANS he teacher tells students to find a
partner to work with on a math activity. As students move around the classroom pairing up,
Michelle, a student with autism, stands in the middle of the classroom looking at the other
students. For this assignment, Michelle may be having difficulty with initiating social
interactions.
Deficits in nonverbal communicative behaviors used for social interaction - ANS -poorly
integrated verbal and nonverbal communication
-abnormalities in eye contact and body language
-deficits in understanding and use of gestures
-lack of facial expressions
-nonverbal communication
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,Examples of nonverbal communication - ANS shrugging shoulders when you don't know
pointing at a picture in a book to show another person
frowning when someone tells you sad news.
Deficits in developing, maintaining, and understanding relationships - ANS -difficulties
adjusting behavior to suit various social contexts
-difficulties in sharing imaginative play or in making friends
-absence of interest in peers
stereotypes or repetitive motor movements, use of objects or speech - ANS simple motor
stereotypes
lining up toys or flipping objects
echolalia
idiosyncratic phrases.
idiosyncratic phrases - ANS this is where the child uses a word or expression to refer to
something which is unrelated or irrelevant
echolalia - ANS repeating what has been said but not understanding why or what has been
said.
primary motor stereotypes - ANS flapping and waving of the arms, hand flapping, head
nodding, rocking back and forth.
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, insistence on sameness, inflexible adherence to routines, or ritualized patterns of verbal or
nonverbal behavior - ANS -inflexible adherence to routines
-ritualized patterns of verbal or nonverbal behavior
-extreme distress at small changes
-difficulties with transitions
-rigid thinking patterns
-greeting rituals
-need to take same route or eat same food everyday.
highly restricted, fixated interests that are abnormal in intensity or focus - ANS strong
attachment to or preoccupation with unusual objects, excessively circumscribed or
perseverative interests.
perseverative behavior - ANS repetitive and continuous behavior
hyper or hypoactivity to sensory input or unusual interests in sensory aspects of environment -
ANS indifference to pain/temperature
adverse response to specific sounds or textures
excessive smelling
touching of objects
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AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025/2026
Deficits in social-emotional reciprocity - ANS -abnormal social approach
-failure of normal back-and-forth conversation
-reduced sharing of interests, emotions, or affect
-failure to initiate or respond to social interactions
example of deficit of social-emotional reciprocity - ANS he teacher tells students to find a
partner to work with on a math activity. As students move around the classroom pairing up,
Michelle, a student with autism, stands in the middle of the classroom looking at the other
students. For this assignment, Michelle may be having difficulty with initiating social
interactions.
Deficits in nonverbal communicative behaviors used for social interaction - ANS -poorly
integrated verbal and nonverbal communication
-abnormalities in eye contact and body language
-deficits in understanding and use of gestures
-lack of facial expressions
-nonverbal communication
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,Examples of nonverbal communication - ANS shrugging shoulders when you don't know
pointing at a picture in a book to show another person
frowning when someone tells you sad news.
Deficits in developing, maintaining, and understanding relationships - ANS -difficulties
adjusting behavior to suit various social contexts
-difficulties in sharing imaginative play or in making friends
-absence of interest in peers
stereotypes or repetitive motor movements, use of objects or speech - ANS simple motor
stereotypes
lining up toys or flipping objects
echolalia
idiosyncratic phrases.
idiosyncratic phrases - ANS this is where the child uses a word or expression to refer to
something which is unrelated or irrelevant
echolalia - ANS repeating what has been said but not understanding why or what has been
said.
primary motor stereotypes - ANS flapping and waving of the arms, hand flapping, head
nodding, rocking back and forth.
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, insistence on sameness, inflexible adherence to routines, or ritualized patterns of verbal or
nonverbal behavior - ANS -inflexible adherence to routines
-ritualized patterns of verbal or nonverbal behavior
-extreme distress at small changes
-difficulties with transitions
-rigid thinking patterns
-greeting rituals
-need to take same route or eat same food everyday.
highly restricted, fixated interests that are abnormal in intensity or focus - ANS strong
attachment to or preoccupation with unusual objects, excessively circumscribed or
perseverative interests.
perseverative behavior - ANS repetitive and continuous behavior
hyper or hypoactivity to sensory input or unusual interests in sensory aspects of environment -
ANS indifference to pain/temperature
adverse response to specific sounds or textures
excessive smelling
touching of objects
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