ABA
A scientific approach for discovering environmental variables that reliably influence socially significant behavior and for developing a technology of behavior change that is practical and applicable.
An evidence-based applied science.
Science
A systematic approach for seeking and o...
BCBA Exam: Section 1
ABA - correct answer A scientific approach for discovering environmental variables that reliably influence socially significant behavior and for developing a technology of behavior change that is practical and applicable. An evidence-based applied science.
Science - correct answer A systematic approach for seeking and organizing knowledge about the natural world. Based on deteminism.
Purpose of Science - correct answer To achieve a thorough understanding of the
phenomena under study. In ABA, the phenomena are socially significant behaviors.
3 Levels of Scientific Understanding - correct answer DPC = Dana Priya Can
Description, Prediction, Control
6 Attitudes of Science - correct answer DEER PP
Determinism
Empiricism Experimentation/Experimental Analysis
Replication Parsimony
Philosophical Doubt Determinism - correct answer Cause and
effect
Lawfulness: if/then statements
The world is orderly amd predictable
Description - correct answer Systematic observations that can be quantified and classified. NOT CAUSAL EXPLANATIONS. (E.g., number of praise statements made by teachers in a classroom)
Prediction - correct answer (AKA Correlation; Covariation): two events may regularly occur at the same time, this does not mean one causes the other. (E.g., hot weather correlates with
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