BCBA (25) Questions with CORRECT Answers
Question:
what is the difference between mentalistic and environmental explanations of
behavior?
Answer:
mentalistic is internal (thoughts feelings) environmental is external
Question:
what is experimental analysis of behavior?
Answer:
the field of scientific investigation concerned with analysis of operant behavior
Question:
Baer, Wolf & Risley 1968 - what are the dimensions of applied behavior analysis?
Answer:
Applied - socially significant Behaviorrelevant (needs improvement), measureable,
and whose behavior Analytic - functional relationships exist - control
Question:
ABC recording/anecdotal observation
Answer:
a form of direct continuous observation in which the observer records a
descriptive temporally sequenced account of all behaviors of interest and the
antecedent conditions and consequences for those behaviors as those events
occurred in the client's natural environment.
Question:
what is the difference between mentalistic and environmental explanations of
behavior?
Answer:
mentalistic is internal (thoughts feelings) environmental is external
Question:
what is experimental analysis of behavior?
Answer:
the field of scientific investigation concerned with analysis of operant behavior
Question:
Baer, Wolf & Risley 1968 - what are the dimensions of applied behavior analysis?
Answer:
Applied - socially significant Behaviorrelevant (needs improvement), measureable,
and whose behavior Analytic - functional relationships exist - control
Question:
ABC recording/anecdotal observation
Answer:
a form of direct continuous observation in which the observer records a
descriptive temporally sequenced account of all behaviors of interest and the
antecedent conditions and consequences for those behaviors as those events
occurred in the client's natural environment.
