BCBA Exam Prep 4th Edition Task list
Full Set of Terms
John Watson - Methodological Behaviourism
(S-R Behaviourism, S-R Psychology)
1913-First person to describe behaviourism as formal system.
Methodological Behaviourism only looks at publicly observed events.
Not concerned with private events.
Study Bx by direct observation of relationship between environemtal stimulus (S) and
responses (R) they evoke
1920- Little Albert Experiment
Ivan Pavlov - Classical Conditioning
Respondent conditioning with dogs
Habituation c- cWhen celiciting cstimulus cis cpresented crepeatedly cover ca cshort ctime cthe
cstrength cof cthe crespondent cBx cdiminishes
Respondent cConditioning
AKA: cClassical cConditioning, cPavlovian cConditioning
S-S cpairing; cConditioned cStimulus-Conditioned
cResponse c(CS-CR) c- cIvan cPavlov
When cnew cstimuli cacquire cability cto celicit
cresponses cUS------>UR cUS >UR
(food) c(salivate) c(food) c(salivate)
cNS c+ cUS---------->UR
c(tone) c(food) c(salivate)
NS > cCS >CR
(tone) c(no csalivate) c(tone) c(salivate)
Operant cBehaviour
AKA: cS-R-S cmodel, c3-term ccontingency c- cEMIT/EVOKE
cProbability cof coccurrence cdetermined cby chistory cof
cconsequences cVoluntary cAction
Operants cdefined cin cterms cof crelationship cto ccontrolling cvariables c(function)
cOperant cNOT cdefined cby ctopography
FUNCTION cIS cWHAT cMATTERS
includes cR+ cand cpunishment
Adaptation c- cReductions cin cthe cresponding cevoked cby can cantecedent cstimulus cover
crepeated cor cprolonged cpresentations
Ontogenic c- cLearning cthat cresults cfrom can corganism's cinteraction cwith chis
cenvironment cOPERANT cBX-> contogenic chistory
Operant cConditioning
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AKA: cBehavioural cContingency, c3-term ccontingency, cABC c- cResponse c(SD), cthe
cresponse, cand coutcome cof cthe cresponse
The cdependency cof ca cparticular cconsequence con cthe coccurrence cof cthe cBX
R+ cor cpunisher csaid cto cbe c'contingent' con ca cBx, cthe cBx cmust cbe cemitted cfor
cconsequence cto coccur
Phylogeny c- cBehaviour cinherited cgenetically
cRespondent cbehaviour cdue cto cphylogenic
chistory
Mentalism
AKA: cSpiritual/psychic/subjective cfeelings/attitudes c- cApproach cto cexplaining
cbehaviour cthat cassumes cinner cdimension cexists cand ccauses cBx
Traditional cpsychology cdominated cby cthis
Applied cBehavior cAnalysis c- cA cscientific capproach cfor cdiscovering
cenvironmental cvariables cthat creliably cinfluence csocially csignificant cbehaviour
cand cfor cdeveloping ca ctechnology cof cbehaviour cchange cthat cis cpractical cand
capplicable
Evidence cbased cAPPLIED cscience
Science c- cA csystematic capproach cfor cseeking cand corganizing cknowledge cabout cthe
cnatural cworld
Based con cDeterminism
Purpose: cto cachieve ca cthorough cunderstanding cof cphenomena cunder
cstudy cABA-> csocially cimportant cbehaviours
B.F cSkinner c- c1938- cRadical cBehaviourism
Radical cbecause cit cincludes cprivate cevents cinto cunderstanding cbehaviour
Darwinian cSelectionism
AKA: cSelection cby cconsequences c- cDiscuss c3-term ccontingency cwith cregards cto
cspecies cand csurvival
Belief cthat call cforms cof clife, cfrom csingle ccells cto ccomplex ccultures cevolve cselection
cwith crespect cto cfunction
Operant cselection cby cconsequences crequires cvariation cin
cBX cBest coutcomes cselected cand csurvive.
Pragmatism c- cA cprobabilistic cAB cbecause cof cC cphilosophy
At cthe clevel cof cbehaviour, cthe crelation cbetween cthe csetting
c(A) cand cthe cbehaviour c(B) cis cbecause cof cconsequences
c(C) cFocuses con canswering cquestion:
" cHow cdo cthings ccome cto cbe cas cthey
care?" cCharles cS cPierce c& cWilliam cJames
Meaning cof can cidea cor ca cproposition clies cin cits cobservable cpractical cconsequences
crather cthan ctheory cof cdogma
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Respondent cBehaviour
AKA: creflex, creflexive crelations, cunconditioned cstimulus-unconditioned cresponse
c(US- cUR) c- cELICITED cor c"brought cout" cby cantecedent cstimuli
Involuntary
Behaviour cone cdoes cnot clearn
Reflex c- cThe celiciting cstimulus c(unconditioned cstimulus c(US) cand cbehaviour cit
cproduces c(unconditioned cresponse cor cUR) cthat cis cpart cof cthe corganism's cgenetic
cendowment
3 cPrinciples cof cBehaviour c- cPunishment
cExtinction
Reinforcement
Respondent-Operant cInteractions c- cAn cexperience ccan coften cinclude cboth
crespondent cand coperant cconditioning ctogether cat cthe csame ctime
example: cwarming cup cfood cin ca cmicrowave
Contiguity
AKA: cTemporal cContiguity c- cWhen c2 cstimuli coccur cclose cin ctime, cresulting cin
cassociation cof cthose c2 cstimuli
Respondent cconditioning: ctemporal ccontiguity c(how cclose cin ctime) caffects cpairing cof
cthe cCS c& cUS
Operant cconditioning: caffects cthe cpairing cof cthe cbehaviour cand
cconsequence cThis cis chow csuperstitious cbehaviour cis cdeveloped
Hypothetical cConstructs
AKA: cImaginary cConstructs c- cPresumed, cbut cunobserved
centities cex: cfree cwill/information cprocessing
Effective c- cImproves cbehaviour cin cpractical cmanner, cnot cjust cstatistically csignificant
cway
Generality c- cExtends cbehaviour cchange cacross ctime, csettings, cother cbehaviour
Analytical
AKA: cfunctional crelation, cExperimentation, cControl, cCausation c- cFunctional
crelationship cis cdemonstrated
Experimenter cdemonstrated cfunctional crelationship cbetween cmanipulated cevents cand
creliable cchange cin cmeasurable cdimension cof ctargeted cbehaviour
Ultimate cissue: cBELIEVABILITY
Conceptually cSystematic c- cAll cprocedures ctied cto cbasic cbehaviour cprinciples cof
cbehaviour canalysis cwhere cthey ccame cfrom
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Technological c- cProcedure cis cclear cand
cdetailed cReplicable-> clike ca crecipe
Applied c- cABA cimproves ceveryday
clife cFocus con csocially csignificant
cbehaviour
Helps cpeers/parents/significant cothers cbehave cpositively ctowards cclient
Behavioural c- cObservable cevents
Behaviour cchosen cmust cbe ca cbehaviour cin cneed
7 cDimensions cof cABA c- cBehavioural
cApplied
Technological
cConceptually
csystematic cAnalytic
Generality
cEffective
Philosophical cDoubt c- cHealthy cskepticism cand ccritical ceye cabout cresults cof cstudies
cand cour cwork cwith cclients
Parsimony c- cSimplest cTheory
Must cbe cruled cout cbefore cexploring cmore ccomplex
cexplanations cHelps cscientists cfit ctheir cfindings cwithin cexisting
cknowledge cbase
Replication c- cRepeating cexperiments
Helps cdetermine cRELIABILITY cand cusefulness cof cfindings
cDiscovers cmistakes, cmaking cscience ca cself-correcting
centerprise
Experimentation c- cExperimental cAnalysis
cBasic cstrategy cof cmost csciences
Requires cmanipulating cvariables cIV ceffect con cDV
Empiricism c- cFACTS
Experimental, cdata cbased cscientific capproach
cBased con cexperience cand cobservation
Objective cquantifications cand cdetailed cdescription cof cevents
Determinism c- cCause/Effect
cLawfulness/ cIf-Then
The cworld cis corderly cand cpredictable
6 cAttitudes cof cScience/Philosophical cAssumptions cof cBehaviour c- cDeterminism
cExperimentation
Full Set of Terms
John Watson - Methodological Behaviourism
(S-R Behaviourism, S-R Psychology)
1913-First person to describe behaviourism as formal system.
Methodological Behaviourism only looks at publicly observed events.
Not concerned with private events.
Study Bx by direct observation of relationship between environemtal stimulus (S) and
responses (R) they evoke
1920- Little Albert Experiment
Ivan Pavlov - Classical Conditioning
Respondent conditioning with dogs
Habituation c- cWhen celiciting cstimulus cis cpresented crepeatedly cover ca cshort ctime cthe
cstrength cof cthe crespondent cBx cdiminishes
Respondent cConditioning
AKA: cClassical cConditioning, cPavlovian cConditioning
S-S cpairing; cConditioned cStimulus-Conditioned
cResponse c(CS-CR) c- cIvan cPavlov
When cnew cstimuli cacquire cability cto celicit
cresponses cUS------>UR cUS >UR
(food) c(salivate) c(food) c(salivate)
cNS c+ cUS---------->UR
c(tone) c(food) c(salivate)
NS > cCS >CR
(tone) c(no csalivate) c(tone) c(salivate)
Operant cBehaviour
AKA: cS-R-S cmodel, c3-term ccontingency c- cEMIT/EVOKE
cProbability cof coccurrence cdetermined cby chistory cof
cconsequences cVoluntary cAction
Operants cdefined cin cterms cof crelationship cto ccontrolling cvariables c(function)
cOperant cNOT cdefined cby ctopography
FUNCTION cIS cWHAT cMATTERS
includes cR+ cand cpunishment
Adaptation c- cReductions cin cthe cresponding cevoked cby can cantecedent cstimulus cover
crepeated cor cprolonged cpresentations
Ontogenic c- cLearning cthat cresults cfrom can corganism's cinteraction cwith chis
cenvironment cOPERANT cBX-> contogenic chistory
Operant cConditioning
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AKA: cBehavioural cContingency, c3-term ccontingency, cABC c- cResponse c(SD), cthe
cresponse, cand coutcome cof cthe cresponse
The cdependency cof ca cparticular cconsequence con cthe coccurrence cof cthe cBX
R+ cor cpunisher csaid cto cbe c'contingent' con ca cBx, cthe cBx cmust cbe cemitted cfor
cconsequence cto coccur
Phylogeny c- cBehaviour cinherited cgenetically
cRespondent cbehaviour cdue cto cphylogenic
chistory
Mentalism
AKA: cSpiritual/psychic/subjective cfeelings/attitudes c- cApproach cto cexplaining
cbehaviour cthat cassumes cinner cdimension cexists cand ccauses cBx
Traditional cpsychology cdominated cby cthis
Applied cBehavior cAnalysis c- cA cscientific capproach cfor cdiscovering
cenvironmental cvariables cthat creliably cinfluence csocially csignificant cbehaviour
cand cfor cdeveloping ca ctechnology cof cbehaviour cchange cthat cis cpractical cand
capplicable
Evidence cbased cAPPLIED cscience
Science c- cA csystematic capproach cfor cseeking cand corganizing cknowledge cabout cthe
cnatural cworld
Based con cDeterminism
Purpose: cto cachieve ca cthorough cunderstanding cof cphenomena cunder
cstudy cABA-> csocially cimportant cbehaviours
B.F cSkinner c- c1938- cRadical cBehaviourism
Radical cbecause cit cincludes cprivate cevents cinto cunderstanding cbehaviour
Darwinian cSelectionism
AKA: cSelection cby cconsequences c- cDiscuss c3-term ccontingency cwith cregards cto
cspecies cand csurvival
Belief cthat call cforms cof clife, cfrom csingle ccells cto ccomplex ccultures cevolve cselection
cwith crespect cto cfunction
Operant cselection cby cconsequences crequires cvariation cin
cBX cBest coutcomes cselected cand csurvive.
Pragmatism c- cA cprobabilistic cAB cbecause cof cC cphilosophy
At cthe clevel cof cbehaviour, cthe crelation cbetween cthe csetting
c(A) cand cthe cbehaviour c(B) cis cbecause cof cconsequences
c(C) cFocuses con canswering cquestion:
" cHow cdo cthings ccome cto cbe cas cthey
care?" cCharles cS cPierce c& cWilliam cJames
Meaning cof can cidea cor ca cproposition clies cin cits cobservable cpractical cconsequences
crather cthan ctheory cof cdogma
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Respondent cBehaviour
AKA: creflex, creflexive crelations, cunconditioned cstimulus-unconditioned cresponse
c(US- cUR) c- cELICITED cor c"brought cout" cby cantecedent cstimuli
Involuntary
Behaviour cone cdoes cnot clearn
Reflex c- cThe celiciting cstimulus c(unconditioned cstimulus c(US) cand cbehaviour cit
cproduces c(unconditioned cresponse cor cUR) cthat cis cpart cof cthe corganism's cgenetic
cendowment
3 cPrinciples cof cBehaviour c- cPunishment
cExtinction
Reinforcement
Respondent-Operant cInteractions c- cAn cexperience ccan coften cinclude cboth
crespondent cand coperant cconditioning ctogether cat cthe csame ctime
example: cwarming cup cfood cin ca cmicrowave
Contiguity
AKA: cTemporal cContiguity c- cWhen c2 cstimuli coccur cclose cin ctime, cresulting cin
cassociation cof cthose c2 cstimuli
Respondent cconditioning: ctemporal ccontiguity c(how cclose cin ctime) caffects cpairing cof
cthe cCS c& cUS
Operant cconditioning: caffects cthe cpairing cof cthe cbehaviour cand
cconsequence cThis cis chow csuperstitious cbehaviour cis cdeveloped
Hypothetical cConstructs
AKA: cImaginary cConstructs c- cPresumed, cbut cunobserved
centities cex: cfree cwill/information cprocessing
Effective c- cImproves cbehaviour cin cpractical cmanner, cnot cjust cstatistically csignificant
cway
Generality c- cExtends cbehaviour cchange cacross ctime, csettings, cother cbehaviour
Analytical
AKA: cfunctional crelation, cExperimentation, cControl, cCausation c- cFunctional
crelationship cis cdemonstrated
Experimenter cdemonstrated cfunctional crelationship cbetween cmanipulated cevents cand
creliable cchange cin cmeasurable cdimension cof ctargeted cbehaviour
Ultimate cissue: cBELIEVABILITY
Conceptually cSystematic c- cAll cprocedures ctied cto cbasic cbehaviour cprinciples cof
cbehaviour canalysis cwhere cthey ccame cfrom
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Technological c- cProcedure cis cclear cand
cdetailed cReplicable-> clike ca crecipe
Applied c- cABA cimproves ceveryday
clife cFocus con csocially csignificant
cbehaviour
Helps cpeers/parents/significant cothers cbehave cpositively ctowards cclient
Behavioural c- cObservable cevents
Behaviour cchosen cmust cbe ca cbehaviour cin cneed
7 cDimensions cof cABA c- cBehavioural
cApplied
Technological
cConceptually
csystematic cAnalytic
Generality
cEffective
Philosophical cDoubt c- cHealthy cskepticism cand ccritical ceye cabout cresults cof cstudies
cand cour cwork cwith cclients
Parsimony c- cSimplest cTheory
Must cbe cruled cout cbefore cexploring cmore ccomplex
cexplanations cHelps cscientists cfit ctheir cfindings cwithin cexisting
cknowledge cbase
Replication c- cRepeating cexperiments
Helps cdetermine cRELIABILITY cand cusefulness cof cfindings
cDiscovers cmistakes, cmaking cscience ca cself-correcting
centerprise
Experimentation c- cExperimental cAnalysis
cBasic cstrategy cof cmost csciences
Requires cmanipulating cvariables cIV ceffect con cDV
Empiricism c- cFACTS
Experimental, cdata cbased cscientific capproach
cBased con cexperience cand cobservation
Objective cquantifications cand cdetailed cdescription cof cevents
Determinism c- cCause/Effect
cLawfulness/ cIf-Then
The cworld cis corderly cand cpredictable
6 cAttitudes cof cScience/Philosophical cAssumptions cof cBehaviour c- cDeterminism
cExperimentation
