BCBA 5th Edition Exam questions n answers graded A+ 2023/2024

BCBA 5th Edition Exam Goal of ABA as a science - correct answer Description, Prediction, Control Description - correct answer Lowest level, describing what happened that is observable. Ex. repeated movements of the hand up and down for more than 5 seconds. Prediction - correct answer predicting what will happen in something in the environment changes. Repeated observations that show these events correlate with each other (no causal relation). One of your main jobs, you need to be a good predictor of behavior. Control - correct answer Highest level of understanding. When we have control, we know for a fact what stimuli are controlling our behavior. We have now demonstrated a functional relationship. Ex. you know if you add pepper to your fries, your bf wont eat them, even though he always does. So you change the DV (pepper) and the IV (BF eating fries) changes. 5 Philosophical Assumptions underlying the science of behavior. - correct answer Determinism, Empiricism, Pragmatism, Parsimony, Selectionism Determinism - correct answer -Upon what Science is based The universe is lawful and orderly, nothing happens by accident, there is always an explanation. You can always explain why something happened. Empiricism - correct answer -Upon what Knowledge is built. Objective observation of events based on data. We make decisions based on data. Ex. we don't say " I think the behavior happens in 5 minutes." We take out a stopwatch and time it exactly. We need to use empirically based interventions. Parsimony - correct answer The simplest and most logical explanation should be considered first. Ex. if your mom doesn't call you back that doesn't mean she doesn't love you. Rule out the simple explanations first. Pragmatism - correct answer Analyze outcomes based on results. Outcomes need to serve a purpose and improve the lives of our clients. They need to be data based and individualized. Selectionism - correct answer Behaviors are selected (keep or get rid of them) based on environmental factors. Does it benefit me? Or not? Phylogenetic - correct answer behaviors that help your survival you will want to keep Ontogenetic - correct answer Selection due to interaction with the environment (what we do). We manipulate the environment to increase or decrease behaviors. Cultural: we learn from our parents, etc. Methodological Behaviorism - correct answer A philosophical position that views behavioral events that cannot be publicly observed as outside the realm of science. -Came before radical and did not acknowledge private (Covert) events Radical Behaviorism - correct answer A thoroughgoing form of behaviorism that attempts to understand all human behavior, including private events such as thoughts and feelings, in terms of controlling variables in the history of the person (ontogeny) and the species (phylogeny). -Skinner 4 Branches of Behaviorism - correct answer -Behaviorism -Experimental Analysis of Behavior (EAB) -Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) -Professional Practice Guided by the Science of Behavior Analysis Behaviorism - correct answer -Conceptual Analysis of behavior. The umbrella. -Guiding philosophy of behavior science. -Says there is an explanation of behavior based on everyday interactions with our environment.