BCBA Exam -PASS The BIGABA EXAM | Questions
with Correct Answers 2027
3 levels of scientific understanding - CORRECT ANSWER -DPC
Description
Prediction
Control
Description - CORRECT ANSWER -Systematic observations that can be quantified & classified
Prediction - CORRECT ANSWER -AKA: correlation; covariation
2 events may regularly occur at the same time. This does not mean one causes the other
Control - CORRECT ANSWER -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
Philosophical assumptions of bx - CORRECT ANSWER -DEER PP
Determinism
Empiricism
,Experimentation
Replication
Parimony
Philosophical Doubt
Determinism - CORRECT ANSWER -Cause & effect
Lawfulness
Orderly & predictable
Empiricism - CORRECT ANSWER -Facts
Experimental, data-based scientific approach, drawing upon observation & experience.
Requires objective qualification & detailed description of events.
Experimentation - CORRECT ANSWER -Basic strategy of most sciences.
Requires manipulating variables to see effects on DV.
Experiment to determine if one event caused another.
Replication - CORRECT ANSWER -Repeating experiments
Parisomy - CORRECT ANSWER -The simplest theory.
All simple & logical explanations must be ruled out first before complex explanations.
,Philosophical Doubt - CORRECT ANSWER -Having healthy skepticism & a critical eye
7 dimensions of ABA - CORRECT ANSWER -BATCAGE or GET A CAB
Behavioral
Applied
Technological
Conceptually Systematic
Analytic
Generality
Effective
Behavioral - CORRECT ANSWER -Observable events.
Must be a bx in need of improvement.
Applied - CORRECT ANSWER -Socially significant bxs
Technological - CORRECT ANSWER -Procedures clearly & precisely so they are replicable.
RECIPE
Conceptually Systematic - CORRECT ANSWER -
Procedures should be based on principles of ABA
Analytic - CORRECT ANSWER -AKA: Functional Relation, Experimentation, Control, Causation
, A functional relation is demonstrated.
Generality - CORRECT ANSWER -AKA: Generalization
Extends bx change across time, settings, or other bxs
Effective - CORRECT ANSWER -Improves bx in a practical manner
Mentalism Terminology - CORRECT ANSWER -Hypothetical Constructs
Explanatory Fictions
Circular Reasoning
4 Branches of Behavior Analysis - CORRECT ANSWER -CASE
Conceptual Analysis of Behavior
ABA
Behavior Service Delivery
Experimental Analysis of Bx (EAB)
2 types of bx - CORRECT ANSWER -Respondent
Operant
Respondent Bx - CORRECT ANSWER -AKA: Reflex, Reflexive Relations, Unconditioned, US-UR
Elicited
Involuntary
with Correct Answers 2027
3 levels of scientific understanding - CORRECT ANSWER -DPC
Description
Prediction
Control
Description - CORRECT ANSWER -Systematic observations that can be quantified & classified
Prediction - CORRECT ANSWER -AKA: correlation; covariation
2 events may regularly occur at the same time. This does not mean one causes the other
Control - CORRECT ANSWER -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
Philosophical assumptions of bx - CORRECT ANSWER -DEER PP
Determinism
Empiricism
,Experimentation
Replication
Parimony
Philosophical Doubt
Determinism - CORRECT ANSWER -Cause & effect
Lawfulness
Orderly & predictable
Empiricism - CORRECT ANSWER -Facts
Experimental, data-based scientific approach, drawing upon observation & experience.
Requires objective qualification & detailed description of events.
Experimentation - CORRECT ANSWER -Basic strategy of most sciences.
Requires manipulating variables to see effects on DV.
Experiment to determine if one event caused another.
Replication - CORRECT ANSWER -Repeating experiments
Parisomy - CORRECT ANSWER -The simplest theory.
All simple & logical explanations must be ruled out first before complex explanations.
,Philosophical Doubt - CORRECT ANSWER -Having healthy skepticism & a critical eye
7 dimensions of ABA - CORRECT ANSWER -BATCAGE or GET A CAB
Behavioral
Applied
Technological
Conceptually Systematic
Analytic
Generality
Effective
Behavioral - CORRECT ANSWER -Observable events.
Must be a bx in need of improvement.
Applied - CORRECT ANSWER -Socially significant bxs
Technological - CORRECT ANSWER -Procedures clearly & precisely so they are replicable.
RECIPE
Conceptually Systematic - CORRECT ANSWER -
Procedures should be based on principles of ABA
Analytic - CORRECT ANSWER -AKA: Functional Relation, Experimentation, Control, Causation
, A functional relation is demonstrated.
Generality - CORRECT ANSWER -AKA: Generalization
Extends bx change across time, settings, or other bxs
Effective - CORRECT ANSWER -Improves bx in a practical manner
Mentalism Terminology - CORRECT ANSWER -Hypothetical Constructs
Explanatory Fictions
Circular Reasoning
4 Branches of Behavior Analysis - CORRECT ANSWER -CASE
Conceptual Analysis of Behavior
ABA
Behavior Service Delivery
Experimental Analysis of Bx (EAB)
2 types of bx - CORRECT ANSWER -Respondent
Operant
Respondent Bx - CORRECT ANSWER -AKA: Reflex, Reflexive Relations, Unconditioned, US-UR
Elicited
Involuntary
