BCBA Exam - Section A Questions &
Answers5
3 Levels of Science - ANSWERS-description, prediction, control
What is description? - ANSWERS-1st level of scientific understanding
- All about the facts
- Objective observation
- Help identify a hypothesis
What is prediction? - ANSWERS-2nd level of scientific understanding
- AKA correlation/covariation
- Scientific guess about the relation between 2 events based on observations
What is control? - ANSWERS-3rd and highest level of scientific understanding
- AKA causation
- Experimental manipulation of variables
- Functional relation
Philosophical Assumptions (DEPPS) - ANSWERS-Determinism
Empiricism
Parsimony
Pragmatism
Selectionism
ALSO - Experimentation, Replication, and Philosophical doubt
, What is determinism? - ANSWERS-The idea that scientists follow that the universe is a lawful
and orderly place in which all phenomena occur as the result of other events.
- Cause and effect
- Events do not occur at will.
-Events are related in systematic ways.
What is empiricism? - ANSWERS-The idea that what we know comes from experience, and that
observation and experimentation enable scientific knowledge
What is parsimony? - ANSWERS-The simplest explanation that fits the available data is preferred
over other, more complex explanations
What is pragmatism? - ANSWERS-Essentially the idea that 'what's right is what works'
- Practical solution
What is selectionism? - ANSWERS-The scientific belief that evolution comes from consequences
- Selection by consequences
What is experimentation? - ANSWERS-A way of determining if a manipulation in one area
causes a change in another area
- AKA Experimental analysis
- Manipulate/Control IVs
- Functional analysis
What is replication? - ANSWERS-Repeating experiments to determine reliability and usefulness
of data
Answers5
3 Levels of Science - ANSWERS-description, prediction, control
What is description? - ANSWERS-1st level of scientific understanding
- All about the facts
- Objective observation
- Help identify a hypothesis
What is prediction? - ANSWERS-2nd level of scientific understanding
- AKA correlation/covariation
- Scientific guess about the relation between 2 events based on observations
What is control? - ANSWERS-3rd and highest level of scientific understanding
- AKA causation
- Experimental manipulation of variables
- Functional relation
Philosophical Assumptions (DEPPS) - ANSWERS-Determinism
Empiricism
Parsimony
Pragmatism
Selectionism
ALSO - Experimentation, Replication, and Philosophical doubt
, What is determinism? - ANSWERS-The idea that scientists follow that the universe is a lawful
and orderly place in which all phenomena occur as the result of other events.
- Cause and effect
- Events do not occur at will.
-Events are related in systematic ways.
What is empiricism? - ANSWERS-The idea that what we know comes from experience, and that
observation and experimentation enable scientific knowledge
What is parsimony? - ANSWERS-The simplest explanation that fits the available data is preferred
over other, more complex explanations
What is pragmatism? - ANSWERS-Essentially the idea that 'what's right is what works'
- Practical solution
What is selectionism? - ANSWERS-The scientific belief that evolution comes from consequences
- Selection by consequences
What is experimentation? - ANSWERS-A way of determining if a manipulation in one area
causes a change in another area
- AKA Experimental analysis
- Manipulate/Control IVs
- Functional analysis
What is replication? - ANSWERS-Repeating experiments to determine reliability and usefulness
of data
