BCBA EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
DETAILED SOLUTIONS
◉ stimulus.
Answer: energy change that affects an organism
◉ response class.
Answer: group of responses with the same function & that produce
the same effect on the environment
◉ response.
Answer: specific instance of behavior
◉ behavior.
Answer: activity of living organisms
◉ applied behavior analysis.
Answer: science in which tactics derived from the principles of
behavior are applied systematically to improve socially significant
behavior and experimentation is used to identify the variables
responsible for behavior change
,◉ empowering.
Answer: a dimension of ABA that say tools that work to instill
confidence
◉ doable.
Answer: dimension of ABA that says interventions should be
pragmatic
◉ accountable.
Answer: dimension of ABA; behavior should be directly & frequently
measured
◉ generality.
Answer: dimension of ABA; changes should last over time
◉ effective.
Answer: dimension of ABA; noticeable and reliable changes in target
behavior
◉ conceptually systematic.
Answer: dimension of ABA; procedures & effectiveness should be
described in terms of behavioral principles
,◉ analytic.
Answer: dimension of ABA; a functional relation between
manipulated events and a reliable change in a dimension of target
behavior should be demonstrated
◉ technological.
Answer: dimension of ABA; operative procedures are identified &
described with detail and clarity
◉ behavioral.
Answer: dimension of ABA; behavior should be in need of
improvement, measurable, & target the client's behavior
◉ applied.
Answer: dimension of ABA; improvements in behaviors that
enhance and improve people's lives
◉ operant behaviors.
Answer: behaviors not elicited by preceding stimuli but influenced
by stimulus changes that have followed behavior in the past (e.g. not
reflexive)
◉ respondent behavior.
Answer: reflexive behavior; elicited by an antecedent
, ◉ behaviorism.
Answer: philosophy of science of behavior, experimental analysis of
behavior, & applied behavior analysis
◉ functional relation.
Answer: well-controlled experiment that reveals a specific change in
one event (DV) is reliably created by specific manipulations of
another event (IV) and that is unlikely to be a result of confounding
variables
◉ antecedent.
Answer: environmental conditions or stimulus changes that exist or
occur prior to behavior of iterest
◉ consequence.
Answer: a stimulus change that follows the target behavior
◉ conditioned stimulus.
Answer: the stimulus component of a conditioned reflex
◉ conditioned reflex.
DETAILED SOLUTIONS
◉ stimulus.
Answer: energy change that affects an organism
◉ response class.
Answer: group of responses with the same function & that produce
the same effect on the environment
◉ response.
Answer: specific instance of behavior
◉ behavior.
Answer: activity of living organisms
◉ applied behavior analysis.
Answer: science in which tactics derived from the principles of
behavior are applied systematically to improve socially significant
behavior and experimentation is used to identify the variables
responsible for behavior change
,◉ empowering.
Answer: a dimension of ABA that say tools that work to instill
confidence
◉ doable.
Answer: dimension of ABA that says interventions should be
pragmatic
◉ accountable.
Answer: dimension of ABA; behavior should be directly & frequently
measured
◉ generality.
Answer: dimension of ABA; changes should last over time
◉ effective.
Answer: dimension of ABA; noticeable and reliable changes in target
behavior
◉ conceptually systematic.
Answer: dimension of ABA; procedures & effectiveness should be
described in terms of behavioral principles
,◉ analytic.
Answer: dimension of ABA; a functional relation between
manipulated events and a reliable change in a dimension of target
behavior should be demonstrated
◉ technological.
Answer: dimension of ABA; operative procedures are identified &
described with detail and clarity
◉ behavioral.
Answer: dimension of ABA; behavior should be in need of
improvement, measurable, & target the client's behavior
◉ applied.
Answer: dimension of ABA; improvements in behaviors that
enhance and improve people's lives
◉ operant behaviors.
Answer: behaviors not elicited by preceding stimuli but influenced
by stimulus changes that have followed behavior in the past (e.g. not
reflexive)
◉ respondent behavior.
Answer: reflexive behavior; elicited by an antecedent
, ◉ behaviorism.
Answer: philosophy of science of behavior, experimental analysis of
behavior, & applied behavior analysis
◉ functional relation.
Answer: well-controlled experiment that reveals a specific change in
one event (DV) is reliably created by specific manipulations of
another event (IV) and that is unlikely to be a result of confounding
variables
◉ antecedent.
Answer: environmental conditions or stimulus changes that exist or
occur prior to behavior of iterest
◉ consequence.
Answer: a stimulus change that follows the target behavior
◉ conditioned stimulus.
Answer: the stimulus component of a conditioned reflex
◉ conditioned reflex.
