BCABA EXAM - 6TH EDITION
1. goals of behavior analysis as a science
*Answer√√ 1. Description
2. Prediction
3. Control
2. Description - dictionary definition
*Answer√√ A behaviorism and philosophical foundation that is a collection of facts about the observed
events that an be quantified, classified, and examined for possible similarities to other known facts
3. Description - Self definition
*Answer√√ "I know what the behavior looks/sounds like"
4. Prediction - dictionary definition
*Answer√√ A behaviorism and philosophical foundation that is repeated
observations reveal that observing the other events can consistently result in accurately anticipating an outcome
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,5. Prediction - self definition
*Answer√√ "I know when behavior will occur"
6. Control - Dictionary Definition
*Answer√√ A behaviorism and philosophical foundation where a specific change
is one event can be reliably produced by scientific manipulation of another event. This change is not due to other
factors or variables.
7. Control - self definition
*Answer√√ "I can turn this behavior on and ott like a faucet"
8. philosophical assumptions underlying the science of behavior analysis
*Answer√√ selec-
tionism
determinism
empiricism
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, parsimony
pragmatism
9. selectionism
*Answer√√ theory which states that living things evolve based on the survival value of a particular trait's
function... process by which behaviors are "selected" to continue or stop based on an individual's experience
10. types of selectionism
*Answer√√ phylogenic selectionism ontogenic
selectionism
cultural selectionism
11. phylogenic selectionism
*Answer√√ process by which behaviors that help ensure the survival of a species or group are
maintained by contingencies
12. ontogenic selectionism
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1. goals of behavior analysis as a science
*Answer√√ 1. Description
2. Prediction
3. Control
2. Description - dictionary definition
*Answer√√ A behaviorism and philosophical foundation that is a collection of facts about the observed
events that an be quantified, classified, and examined for possible similarities to other known facts
3. Description - Self definition
*Answer√√ "I know what the behavior looks/sounds like"
4. Prediction - dictionary definition
*Answer√√ A behaviorism and philosophical foundation that is repeated
observations reveal that observing the other events can consistently result in accurately anticipating an outcome
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,5. Prediction - self definition
*Answer√√ "I know when behavior will occur"
6. Control - Dictionary Definition
*Answer√√ A behaviorism and philosophical foundation where a specific change
is one event can be reliably produced by scientific manipulation of another event. This change is not due to other
factors or variables.
7. Control - self definition
*Answer√√ "I can turn this behavior on and ott like a faucet"
8. philosophical assumptions underlying the science of behavior analysis
*Answer√√ selec-
tionism
determinism
empiricism
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, parsimony
pragmatism
9. selectionism
*Answer√√ theory which states that living things evolve based on the survival value of a particular trait's
function... process by which behaviors are "selected" to continue or stop based on an individual's experience
10. types of selectionism
*Answer√√ phylogenic selectionism ontogenic
selectionism
cultural selectionism
11. phylogenic selectionism
*Answer√√ process by which behaviors that help ensure the survival of a species or group are
maintained by contingencies
12. ontogenic selectionism
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