BCBA Exam Study Guide Questions and answers, VERIFIED/| LATEST EXAM UPDATES|

BCBA Exam Study Guide Questions and answers, VERIFIED/ 3 Principles of Behavior - reinforcement, punishment, extinction 4 Functions of Behavior - SEAT Sensory, escape/avoidance, attention, tangible Abolishing Operations (AO) - Decreases the current effectiveness of some stimulus, object, or event as reinforcement Access to Tangibles Function - A function of behavior in which the individual wants to obtain a tangible item; the individual wants a preferred item or activity Accuracy - Does the data match what actually occurred? The extent to which the observed value, the quantitative label produced by measure an event, matches the true state or true value Analytic - One of the dimensions of aba; Decisions are data based; demonstrates experimental control over the occurrence and non-occurrence of the behavior (a functional relation is demonstrated) Anecdotal Data - A method of descriptively recording the behavior emitted by the learner, the response of others, and information about the environment. Antecedent - What occurs before a behavior that then influences behavior; an environment or a stimulus change existing or occurring prior to a behavior of interest Applied - One of the dimensions of applied behavior analysis; positively changes socially significant behaviors (in areas of social, language, academic, daily living, self-care, vocational, and/or recreation and leisure) to enhance and improve life Applied Behavior Analysis - 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 behavior change; The scientific study