ABA EXAM PREP STUDY MANUAL Question and answers rated
A+ 2026/2027
1.Applied Behavior Analysis A scientific approach for discovering
environmental variables that
(ABA)reliably influence socially significant behavior and for developing a
technology of behavior change that is practical and applicable.
2. Science
ABA A systematic
is an evidence based APPLIED approach for seeking and organizing
science
knowledge about the natural world. Science is based on
Determinism.
3. 3 Levels of Scientific As-
Un-derstanding
(DPC)
4. 6 Attitudes of Sci-
ence/Philosophical
,D- Description Example: Penicillin cures bacterial
Systematic observation that can
be quantified and classified. Not infection. D- Determinism
ca-sual explanations.
Example: Number of praise
statements made by a teacher in
a class-room
P- Prediction (Correlation; Covariation)
Two events may regularly occur
at the same time. This does not
nec-essarily mean one causes
the other.
Example: When the weather is hot,
there are more drowning deaths.
This is a CORRELATION, but we
cannot assume hot weather
cause drowning deaths.
C- Control (Causation) Functional
Relation
THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SCIENTIFIC
UNDERSTANDING. Experimental
demonstration that manipulating
one event (i.e., independent
vari-able) results in another
event (i.e., dependent variable)
Example: In a classroom, students
that were given breaks every 20
minutes exhibited zero instances of
out of seat behavior. When breaks
were given every 45 minutes, out
of seat behavior increased by 80%.
This was repeated many times,
yielding the smallest results.
, ABA EXAM PREP STUDY MANUAL
sumptions of E- Empiricism
Behavior Hint:
DEER PP E- Experimentation (Experimental
Analysis) R- Replication
P- Parsimony
P- Philosophical Doubt
5. D- Determinism - Cause and Ettect
-Lawfulness: If/Than statements
-The world is orderly and predictable
6. E- Empiricism - FACTS
-Experimental, data-based scientific approach, drawing upon
obser-vation and experience
-Requires objective quantification and detailed description of
events
7. E- Experimentation -The basic strategy of most sciences
(Ex-perimental -Requires manipulating variables so as to see the ettects on
Analysis)
the dependent variable (DV)
-An assessment to determine if one event caused another event
-Requires that all variables be controlled except the DV
8. R- Replication -Repeating experiment
-The method that scientists use to determine the reliability
and usefulness of their findings
-How scientists discover their mistakes, thus making science a self
correcting enterprise.
9. P- Parsimony - The simplest theory
A+ 2026/2027
1.Applied Behavior Analysis A scientific approach for discovering
environmental variables that
(ABA)reliably influence socially significant behavior and for developing a
technology of behavior change that is practical and applicable.
2. Science
ABA A systematic
is an evidence based APPLIED approach for seeking and organizing
science
knowledge about the natural world. Science is based on
Determinism.
3. 3 Levels of Scientific As-
Un-derstanding
(DPC)
4. 6 Attitudes of Sci-
ence/Philosophical
,D- Description Example: Penicillin cures bacterial
Systematic observation that can
be quantified and classified. Not infection. D- Determinism
ca-sual explanations.
Example: Number of praise
statements made by a teacher in
a class-room
P- Prediction (Correlation; Covariation)
Two events may regularly occur
at the same time. This does not
nec-essarily mean one causes
the other.
Example: When the weather is hot,
there are more drowning deaths.
This is a CORRELATION, but we
cannot assume hot weather
cause drowning deaths.
C- Control (Causation) Functional
Relation
THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SCIENTIFIC
UNDERSTANDING. Experimental
demonstration that manipulating
one event (i.e., independent
vari-able) results in another
event (i.e., dependent variable)
Example: In a classroom, students
that were given breaks every 20
minutes exhibited zero instances of
out of seat behavior. When breaks
were given every 45 minutes, out
of seat behavior increased by 80%.
This was repeated many times,
yielding the smallest results.
, ABA EXAM PREP STUDY MANUAL
sumptions of E- Empiricism
Behavior Hint:
DEER PP E- Experimentation (Experimental
Analysis) R- Replication
P- Parsimony
P- Philosophical Doubt
5. D- Determinism - Cause and Ettect
-Lawfulness: If/Than statements
-The world is orderly and predictable
6. E- Empiricism - FACTS
-Experimental, data-based scientific approach, drawing upon
obser-vation and experience
-Requires objective quantification and detailed description of
events
7. E- Experimentation -The basic strategy of most sciences
(Ex-perimental -Requires manipulating variables so as to see the ettects on
Analysis)
the dependent variable (DV)
-An assessment to determine if one event caused another event
-Requires that all variables be controlled except the DV
8. R- Replication -Repeating experiment
-The method that scientists use to determine the reliability
and usefulness of their findings
-How scientists discover their mistakes, thus making science a self
correcting enterprise.
9. P- Parsimony - The simplest theory
