BCBA exam-PASStheBIGABAEXAM questions and answers 2023

BCBA exam-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