BACB Task List questions with correct answers 2023

BACB Task Listlawfulness of behavior - correct answer behavior is determined by specific conditions/variables empiricism - correct answer objective observation of the phenomena of interest based on thorough description, systematic and repeated measurement, and precise quantification of the phenomena of interest. experimental analysis - correct answer manipulate IV to observe changes in DV parsimony - correct answer all simple logical explanations for phenomenon under investigation must be ruled out before more complex explanations are considered (choose the simplest explanation that requires the fewest assumptions) determinism in behavior analysis - correct answer in behavior analysis there is an assumption that behavior is lawful and determined based upon specific conditions/variables mentalistic versus environmental explanations of behavior - correct answer mentalistic is internal (thoughts feelings) and environmental is external experimental analysis of behavior - correct answer the field of basic scientific investigation concerned with analysis of operant behavior applied behavior analysis - correct answer science in which the tactics derived from the principles of behavior are applied to improve socially significant behavior and experimentation is used to identify the variables responsible for the improvement in the behavior behavioral technologies - correct answer clearly defined operative procedures that may be replicated by others based upon their descriptions explain behavior in behavior analytic terms - correct answer use the three term contingency