BCBA SAFMEDS questions with correct answers

Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) 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. Behaviorism Answer The philosophy of science of behavior; there are various forms of behaviorism. Determinism Answer The assumption that the universe is lawful and orderly place in which phenomena occur in relation to other events and not in a willy-nilly, accidental fashion. Empiricism Answer The objective observation of the phenomena of interest; objective observations are "independent of the individual prejudices, tastes, and private opinions of the scientist... Results of empirical methods are objective in that they are open to anyone's observation and do not depend on the subjective belief of the individual scientist. Experiment Answer A carefully controlled comparison of some measure of the phenomenon of interest (the dependent variable) under two of more different conditions in which only one factor at a time (independent variable) differs from one condition to another. Experimental Analysis of Behavior (EAB) Answer A natural science approach to the study of behavior as a subject matter in its own right founded by B.F. Skinner; methodological features include rate of response as a basic dependent variable, repeated or continuous measurement of clearly defined response class, within-subject experimental comparisons instead of a group