BCBA 5th edition task list exam
questions & answers
Description - ANSWERSis a collection of facts about an observed event.
Prediction - ANSWERSrepeated observations reveal that observing other events can consistently
result in accurately anticipating an outcome
Control - ANSWERSa specific change in one event can be reliably produced by scientific
manipulation or variables.
Radical behaviorism - ANSWERSis a branch of behaviorism that includes thoughts and feelings in
addition to the observable events
Generality/Generalization - ANSWERSBehavior change that lasts over time, appears in
environment other than the environment which it was taught and spreads to other behaviors
not targeted by the intervention
Effective - ANSWERSbehavior that changes in a practical manner that results in clinical or social
significance
Technological - ANSWERSall procedures of an intervention, data and results of an experiment or
study are cleared outlined in detail so they can be understood, replicated and implemented by
anyone
Applied - ANSWERSthe commitment of effecting improvements in people's behaviors to
enhance their quality of life.
, Conceptually systematic - ANSWERSall procedures used in practice should be related to the
basic behavioral principles of behavior analysis from which they were derived.
Analytic - ANSWERSwhen the experimenter has demonstrated a reliable change and functional
relation between the manipulated events of a target behavior.
Behavioral - ANSWERSObservable and measurable behavior that must be the behavior in need
of improvement.
7 dimension of behavior - ANSWERSGET A CAB
Behavior - ANSWERSan organism interaction with the environment "Dead man's test"
Response - ANSWERSa specific instance of behavior
Stimulus - ANSWERSevents in the environment that affect the behavior of an individual
Stimulus class - ANSWERSa group of stimuli that are similar along one or more dimensions ( for
example, they look or sounds similar, they have a common effect on the behavior, or they at
similar times relative to the response).
Respondent conditioning - ANSWERSa learning process wherein a previously neutral stimulus
(which would not alter behavior) acquires the ability to elicit a response (alter behavior).
Operant conditioning - ANSWERSconsequences that results in an increase or decrease the
frequency in the same type of behavior under similar conditions (remember operant behaviors
are controlled by their consequences)
questions & answers
Description - ANSWERSis a collection of facts about an observed event.
Prediction - ANSWERSrepeated observations reveal that observing other events can consistently
result in accurately anticipating an outcome
Control - ANSWERSa specific change in one event can be reliably produced by scientific
manipulation or variables.
Radical behaviorism - ANSWERSis a branch of behaviorism that includes thoughts and feelings in
addition to the observable events
Generality/Generalization - ANSWERSBehavior change that lasts over time, appears in
environment other than the environment which it was taught and spreads to other behaviors
not targeted by the intervention
Effective - ANSWERSbehavior that changes in a practical manner that results in clinical or social
significance
Technological - ANSWERSall procedures of an intervention, data and results of an experiment or
study are cleared outlined in detail so they can be understood, replicated and implemented by
anyone
Applied - ANSWERSthe commitment of effecting improvements in people's behaviors to
enhance their quality of life.
, Conceptually systematic - ANSWERSall procedures used in practice should be related to the
basic behavioral principles of behavior analysis from which they were derived.
Analytic - ANSWERSwhen the experimenter has demonstrated a reliable change and functional
relation between the manipulated events of a target behavior.
Behavioral - ANSWERSObservable and measurable behavior that must be the behavior in need
of improvement.
7 dimension of behavior - ANSWERSGET A CAB
Behavior - ANSWERSan organism interaction with the environment "Dead man's test"
Response - ANSWERSa specific instance of behavior
Stimulus - ANSWERSevents in the environment that affect the behavior of an individual
Stimulus class - ANSWERSa group of stimuli that are similar along one or more dimensions ( for
example, they look or sounds similar, they have a common effect on the behavior, or they at
similar times relative to the response).
Respondent conditioning - ANSWERSa learning process wherein a previously neutral stimulus
(which would not alter behavior) acquires the ability to elicit a response (alter behavior).
Operant conditioning - ANSWERSconsequences that results in an increase or decrease the
frequency in the same type of behavior under similar conditions (remember operant behaviors
are controlled by their consequences)
