BCBA

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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%