BCBA_2026 FINAL EXAM
2025-2026
Final Exam Questions with
Verified Answers | Grade A+ |
New Version
,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 DEER PP
Philosophical assumptions of bx 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 What is the primary analysis in ABA?
ABC
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
2025-2026
Final Exam Questions with
Verified Answers | Grade A+ |
New Version
,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 DEER PP
Philosophical assumptions of bx 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 What is the primary analysis in ABA?
ABC
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
