BCBA exam-PASStheBIGABAEXAM(WITH CORRECT ANSWERS)

3 levels of scientific understanding DPC Description Prediction Control Description Systematic observations that can be quantified & classified Prediction AKA: correlation; covariation 2 events may regularly occur at the same time. This does not mean one causes the other Control AKA: causation Functional relation. The highest level of scientific understanding. Experimental demonstration that manipulating one event (IV) results in another event (DV). 6 attitudes of science Philosophical assumptions of bx DEER PP Determinism Empiricism Experimentation Replication Parimony Philosophical Doubt Determinism Cause & effect Lawfulness Orderly & predictable Empiricism Facts Experimental, data-based scientific approach, drawing upon observation & experience. Requires objective qualification & detailed description of events. Experimentation Basic strategy of most sciences. Requires manipulating variables to see effects on DV. Experiment to determine if one event caused another. Replication Repeating experiments Parisomy The simplest theory. All simple & logical explanations must be ruled out first before complex explanations. Philosophical Doubt Having healthy skepticism & a critical eye 7 dimensions of ABA BATCAGE or GET A CAB Behavioral Applied Technological Conceptually Systematic Analytic Generality Effective Behavioral Observable events. Must be a bx in need of improvement. Applied Socially significant bxs Technological Procedures clearly & precisely so they are replicable. RECIPE Conceptually Systematic Procedures should be based on principles of ABA Analytic AKA: Functional Relation, Experimentation, Control, Causation A functional relation is demonstrated. Generality AKA: Generalization Extends bx change across time, settings, or other bxs Effective Improves bx in a practical manner Mentalism Terminology Hypothetical Constructs Explanatory Fictions Circular Reasoning 4 Branches of Behavior Analysis CASE Conceptual Analysis of Behavior ABA Behavior Service Delivery Experimental Analysis of Bx (EAB) 2 types of bx Respondent Operant Respondent Bx AKA: Reflex, Reflexive Relations, Unconditioned, US-UR Elicited Involuntary Reflex Habituation Habituation Eliciting stimulus is presented repeatedly that respondent bx diminishes Phylogenic Bx that is genetic Respondent conditioning AKA: Classical Conditioning, Pavlovian Conditioning, S-S Pairing, CS-CR When new stimuli acquire the ability to elicit respondents. Operant Behavior AKA: S-R-S, 3 term contingency, ABC Emit/evoke Bx whose probability is determined by its history of consequences. Voluntary action. Operants defined in terms of their relationship to controlling variables. FUNCTION. Encompasses both reinforcement & punishment. Adaptation Adaptation Reductions in responding by repeated or prolonged presentation to antecedent stimulus. Ontogentic Learning that results from interactions with environment Operant Contingency AKA: Behavioral Contingency, Contingency, 3-term Contingency, ABC The occasion for a response (SD), the response, & the outcome. The dependency of a particular consequence on the occurrence of the bx. Reinforcer or punisher is "contingent" on a bx 3-term contingency ABC What is the primary analysis in ABA? Contiguity When 2 stimuli occur close together in time, resulting in an association of those 2 stimuli. 3 Principles of Bx PER Punishment Extinction Reinforcement All strategies are derived from these 3 principles. applied ABA is a(n) _______ science. ABA A scientific approach for discovering environmental variables that reliably influence socially significant bx & for developing a technology of bx change that is practical & applicable Science To achieve a thorough understanding of the phenomena under study (socially significant bxs) Response A single instance of bx. Behavior Larger set/class or responses that share physical dimensions or functions. Response Class A group of bxs that comprise an operant. Operant: Response-consequence relationship. Similar bxs that are strengthened or weakened collectively as a result of operant conditioning. Yes. Can widely vary in form but are limited in topographical variations. Can responses in the same response class look different? Repertoire 1. All bxs that an individual can do. 2. A collection of knowledge & skills an individual has learned that are relevant to a particular task. Environment Complex, dynamic universe of events that differs from instance to instance. All bx occurs within an environmental context. Stimulus Physical events that affect the bx of an individual. Internal or external to the individual. An energy change that affects an organism through its receptor cells. Stimulus Class A group of antecedent stimuli that have a common effect on an operant class. Group members of a stimulus class tend to evoke or abate the same bx or response class, yet may vary across physical dimensions. 3 Types of Stimulus Classes FTF (For The Fun) Formal: Physical features Temporal: time Functional: effect of the stimulus on the bx, can be multiple functions of a single stimulus Feature Stimulus Class Stimuli share: common topographies relative relations INFINITE number of stimuli developed through stimulus generalization Arbitrary Stimulus Class Stimuli that evoke the same response, but they do NOT share a common stimulus feature. They do not physically look alike or share a relative relationship. LIMITED number of stimuli Developed through stimulus equivalence.