BCBA

Dependent Group Contingency Correct Answer: The group's reinforcer is dependent on the behavior of an individual or small group of individuals. Independent Group Contingency Correct Answer: All members of a group are offered a contingency, but only the individual's who meet the contingency earn the reinforcement. Interdependent Group Contingency Correct Answer: In order for the group to earn reinforcement, all of the individuals in a group must meet the criterion of the established co...

Functional Response Class Correct Answer: behaviors that may differ in topography but are collectively strengthened or weakened by the same consequences Response Class Correct Answer: a group of responses varying in topography, all of which produce the same effect on the environment Response Correct Answer: a single instance or occurrence of a specific class or type of behavior Stimulus-Stimulus Relations Correct Answer: describes the relationship between members of any stimulus cla...

premack principle (David Premack, 1959) Correct Answer: a principle that states that making the opportunity to engage in a high-probability behavior (i.e., something you are more likely to do) CONTINGENT upon the occurrence of low-probability behavior (i.e., something you are less likely to do) will function as a reinforcer for the low-probability behavior First _________, Then _____________ Correct Answer: The Premack Principle is usually stated as ___________________. response deprivat...

Total Count IOA Smaller #/Larger # x 100% Mean Count-Per-Interval IOA Int 1 IOA + Int 2 IOA + Int N IOA/Total # of Intervals x 100% Exact Count-Per-Interval IOA # of Intervals of 100% agreement/total # of Intervals x 100% Trial-by-Trail IOA # of Trials of Agreement/Total # of Trials x 100% Total Duration IOA Shorter Duration/Longer Duration x 100%

Marilyn is at a public event and Katie is not her client, a single mother of a child with autism. Katie saw Marilyn at a local event and had recently interviewed Marilyn as a potential service provider. Marilyn asked Katie at the event what happened with her decision and why she didn't choose her. Is this an ethics violation. Correct Answer: Yes. Even though it is not her clent Marilyn (the BCBA) is required to respect the privacy of others. Anthony (a BCBA) is using FC (facilitative commun...

Prediction Correct Answer: Correlation, Covariation Control Correct Answer: Causation Experimentation Correct Answer: Experimental Analysis Analytical Correct Answer: Functional relation, Experimentation, control, Causation Generality Correct Answer: Generalization Mentalism Correct Answer: Spiritual, Psychic, Subjective, Feelings, Attitudes, Processing Hypothetical Constructs Correct Answer: Imaginary Constructs Conceptual Analysis of Behavior Correct Answer: Behavi...

John Watson Correct Answer: Methodological Behaviourism (S-R Behaviourism, S-R Psychology) 1913-First person to describe behaviourism as formal system. Methodological Behaviourism only looks at publicly observed events. Not concerned with private events. Study Bx by direct observation of relationship between environemtal stimulus (S) and responses (R) they evoke 1920- Little Albert Experiment Ivan Pavlov Correct Answer: Classical Conditioning Respondent conditioning with dogs Hab...