BCBA

lawfulness of behavior Correct Answer: behavior is determined by specific conditions/variables empiricism Correct Answer: objective observation of the phenomena of interest based on thorough description, systematic and repeated measurement and precise quantification of the phenomena of interest. experimental analysis Correct Answer: manipulate IV to observe changes DV parsimony Correct Answer: all simple logical explanations for phenomenon under investigation must be ruled out befor...

analytic Correct Answer: believable demonstrations of the events responsible for behaviour change applied Correct Answer: interest in behaviours that are important to both the individual and society behavioral Correct Answer: the study of what people do conceptually systematic Correct Answer: procedures are described in terms of basic principles of behavior

Description Correct Answer: is a collection of facts about an observed event. Prediction Correct Answer: repeated observations reveal that observing other events can consistently result in accurately anticipating an outcome Control Correct Answer: a specific change in one event can be reliably produced by scientific manipulation or variables. Radical behaviorism Correct Answer: is a branch of behaviorism that includes thoughts and feelings in addition to the observable events Gen...

Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) Correct Answer: Scientific approach for discovering environmental variables that reliably influence socially-significant Bx and for developing technology of Bx change that is practical and applicable. ABA is an applied science. Definition of Science Correct Answer: Systematic approach for seeking and organizing knowledge about the natural world. It's based on determinism. Purpose of Science Correct Answer: To achieve a thorough understanding of the pheno...

Ethics Correct Answer: BEHAVIORS, PRACTICES, and DECISIONS that address 3 fundamental questions that guide how you conduct yourself to help others improve their physical, social, psychological, familial, or personal condition Question: Why is Ethics Important? Correct Answer: To further the welfare of the client 3 Fundamental Questions of Ethical Practice Correct Answer: 1. What is the right thing to do? 2. What is worth doing? 3. What does it mean to be a good behavior analyst? ...

Philosophical assumptions Correct Answer: DEER PP -Determinism -Empiricism -Experimentation -Replication -Parsimony -Philosophical doubt Determinism Correct Answer: -Cause and effect -Lawfulness: If/Then statements -The world is orderly and predictable Empiricism Correct Answer: -Experimental, data-based scientific approach, drawing on observation & experience -Requires objective quantification & detailed description of events Experimentation Correct Answer: -Manipulating...

Setting events Correct Answer: Stimulus events or contexts. They include complex antecedent conditions, events, etc. and tend to exert general control over behavior (as opposed to the more predictive control exerted by discriminative stimuli). (Alberto & Troutman, 2003, pp. 240-241; Catania, 1998, pp. 129,387; Cooper, Heron, & Heward, 1987, pp. 31-32; Kazdin, 2001, pp. 35-38; Michael, 1993, p. 59; Sulzer-Azaroff & Mayer, 1991, p. 254) Ex. going on another team's court...heart beating fast ...

Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) Correct Answer: The science in which tactics derived from the principles of behavior are applied to improve socially significant behavior and experimentation is used to identify the variables responsible for the improvement in behavior. Identify the goals of behavior analysis as a science. Correct Answer: 3 Levels of Scientific Understanding: Description, Prediction, and Control Description Correct Answer: Facts that are derived from systematically observ...

4 Phases of Intervention (A PIE) Correct Answer: Assessment Planning Implementation Evaluation Assessment (Functional Behavior Assessment-FBA) Correct Answer: A systematic method for obtaining information about the FUNCTION challenging behaviors serve for an individual. What else does an FBA do? Correct Answer: Allows us to make empirically-based hypotheses fro WHY behaviors occur. Methods used in FBA Correct Answer: Direct observations, interviews, checklists, and tests to id...

3 Levels of Scientific Understanding Correct Answer: D-Description, P-Prediction, C-Control 6 Attitudes of Science/Philosophical Assumptions of Behavior Correct Answer: DEERPP Determinism, Empiricism, Experimentation, Replication, Parsimony, Philosophical Doubt 7 Dimensions of ABA Correct Answer: BATCAGE Behavioral, Applied, Technological, Conceptually Systematic, Analytic, Generality, Effective 4 Branches of Behavior Analysis Correct Answer: CASE Conceptual Analysis of Behavior,...