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BCBA Prep

QuestionAnswer
Four branches of behavior analysis Applied Behavior Analysis Behaviorism (Conceptual Analysis) Behavior Service Delivery Experimental Behavior Analysis
The dimensions of ABA were outlined in the first edition of _______ in the year _______ published by the 3 authors ___________. JABA 1968 Baer, Wolf, and Risley
Reason that science is a self-correcting enterprise Replication
Healthy skepticism Philosophical Doubt
Helps scientists fit their findings within the field's existing knowledge base Parsimony
Requires manipulating variables so as to see the effects on the dependent variable Experimentation
Lawfulness Determinism
Requires objective quantification and detailed description of events Empiricism
ABA is an ___________ science Evidence-based applied
A scientific approach for discovering environmental variables that reliably influence socially significant behaviors and for developing technology of behavior change that is practical and applicable is called _______. ABA
The three principles of behavior Reinforcement Punishment Extinction
_________ is the highest level of scientific understanding Control
The seven dimensions of ABA Generalization Effective Technological Applied Conceptually systematic Analytic Behavioral
Three levels of scientific understanding Description Prediction Control
To achieve a thorough understanding of the phenomena under study (in ABA, the phenomena are socially significant behaviors) is the purpose of __________ Science
Hypothetical Constructs Imaginary constructs
Respondent Conditioning Pavlovian conditioning Stimulus-stimulus pairing
Analytic Control Functional relation Experimentation
Prediction Covariation Correlation
Respondent Behavior Reflexive behavior
Operant Behavior 3-term contingency ABC Stimulus-response-stimulus model
T or F: Methodological behaviorism considers private events False
T or F: Pragmatism is a philosophy that influenced Skinner to develop operant behavior due to its 3-term contingency True
T or F: Behaviors that result in the best outcomes are selected and survive, which leads to more adaptive repertoires describes Selectionism True
T or F: Skinner conducted the infamous Little Albert Experiment in 1920 False
When 2 stimuli occur close together in time, resulting in an association of those 2 stimuli defines ________ Contiguity
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