ABA 1 COMPREHENSIVE TEST SCRIPT Questions with Correct
Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: methodological behaviorism.
Answer: relies on observable phenomena of behavior and denies the existence of inner variables
Question 2: mentalism.
Answer: approach to the study of behavior which assumes that a mental or inner dimension exists that
differs from a beahvioral dimension
Question 3: john watson contributed to.
Answer: stimulus-response behaviorism
Question 4: B.F. skinner contributed to.
Answer: experimental analysis of behavior, operant conditoning, radical behaviorism
Question 5: Ivan Pavlov contributed to.
Answer: respondent behavior/reflexive behavior, classical conditoning
Question 6: 7 Dimensions of ABA.
Answer:
1. Applied
2. Behavioral
3. Analytic
4. Technological
5. Conceptual Systems
6. Effective
7. Generality
Question 7: applied.
Answer: The behavior targeted for change must be socially significant behavior that will improve the
person's life.
Question 8: behavioral.
Answer: clearly defined target behavior that is measurable and observable
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, Question 9: analysis.
Answer: experimenter demonstrates a functional relationship between an event and a reliable change in
some measurable dimension of the targeted behavior
Question 10: technological.
Answer: Procedures are completely identified, and precisely described and defined.
Question 11: effective.
Answer: must improve the behavior to a practical/socially significant degree
Question 12: generality.
Answer: behavior lasts over time, appears in environments other than the one in which the intervention that
initally produced it was implemented and or spreads to other behaviors not directly treated by the
intervention
Question 13: S-R contingency.
Answer: relationship between environmental stimuli and the responses they evoke
Question 14: S-S pairing.
Answer: stimulus-stimulus pairing, used in classical conditioning/respondent conditioning
Question 15: 3-term contingency.
Answer: based on operant behavior, includes stimulus response stimulus or antecedent behavior
consequence
Question 16: 4-term contingency.
Answer: based on operant behavior includes motivating operation, stimulus, response, stimulus
Question 17: time sampling.
Answer: The procedure of observing and recording behavior during intervals or at specific moments
Question 18: time sampling is a type of ___ measurement.
Answer: discontinuous measurement
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Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: methodological behaviorism.
Answer: relies on observable phenomena of behavior and denies the existence of inner variables
Question 2: mentalism.
Answer: approach to the study of behavior which assumes that a mental or inner dimension exists that
differs from a beahvioral dimension
Question 3: john watson contributed to.
Answer: stimulus-response behaviorism
Question 4: B.F. skinner contributed to.
Answer: experimental analysis of behavior, operant conditoning, radical behaviorism
Question 5: Ivan Pavlov contributed to.
Answer: respondent behavior/reflexive behavior, classical conditoning
Question 6: 7 Dimensions of ABA.
Answer:
1. Applied
2. Behavioral
3. Analytic
4. Technological
5. Conceptual Systems
6. Effective
7. Generality
Question 7: applied.
Answer: The behavior targeted for change must be socially significant behavior that will improve the
person's life.
Question 8: behavioral.
Answer: clearly defined target behavior that is measurable and observable
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, Question 9: analysis.
Answer: experimenter demonstrates a functional relationship between an event and a reliable change in
some measurable dimension of the targeted behavior
Question 10: technological.
Answer: Procedures are completely identified, and precisely described and defined.
Question 11: effective.
Answer: must improve the behavior to a practical/socially significant degree
Question 12: generality.
Answer: behavior lasts over time, appears in environments other than the one in which the intervention that
initally produced it was implemented and or spreads to other behaviors not directly treated by the
intervention
Question 13: S-R contingency.
Answer: relationship between environmental stimuli and the responses they evoke
Question 14: S-S pairing.
Answer: stimulus-stimulus pairing, used in classical conditioning/respondent conditioning
Question 15: 3-term contingency.
Answer: based on operant behavior, includes stimulus response stimulus or antecedent behavior
consequence
Question 16: 4-term contingency.
Answer: based on operant behavior includes motivating operation, stimulus, response, stimulus
Question 17: time sampling.
Answer: The procedure of observing and recording behavior during intervals or at specific moments
Question 18: time sampling is a type of ___ measurement.
Answer: discontinuous measurement
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