BDS module A03 part 1 questions and
100% verified correct answers
2025/2026
Mentalism attributes the cause of behavior to - Correct Answerantecedent events
Feelings - Correct AnswerDo not cause behavior, and can be explanatory fictions
Acceptance of mentalistic explanations of behavior tends to - Correct AnswerHalt
further inquiry into causal factors
From a radical behavioral perspective, emotions and feelings - Correct Answerare no
different from other behaviors and can be analyzed and explained as such.
Fido (a dog) runs to the door when he hears the car pull up to the house. It is NOT an
explanatory fiction to claim that Fido runs to the door because - Correct Answerdoing
this has been reinforced by affection from his master.
Mentalism - Correct AnswerTends to half further inquiry into causal factors, explains
behavior with antecedents, and appeals to feeling or states as cause of behavior
Which is NOT an explanatory fiction?
A child becomes an award winning pianist because... - Correct AnswerHe practices at
least 10 hours a week
*note using knowledge, talent, abilities, or other descriptor is incorrect*
What is the correct way to talk about reinforcement - Correct AnswerWhen behavior
occurs more often after it produces a given consequence, the behavior has been
reinforced
*cannot include words like knows, wants, figures out, etc*
With circular reasoning, the stated cause is - Correct Answerjust a restatement of the
effect.
Behavior analysts maintain that feelings are - Correct Answerrespondents, explainable
in the same terms as overt behavior.
100% verified correct answers
2025/2026
Mentalism attributes the cause of behavior to - Correct Answerantecedent events
Feelings - Correct AnswerDo not cause behavior, and can be explanatory fictions
Acceptance of mentalistic explanations of behavior tends to - Correct AnswerHalt
further inquiry into causal factors
From a radical behavioral perspective, emotions and feelings - Correct Answerare no
different from other behaviors and can be analyzed and explained as such.
Fido (a dog) runs to the door when he hears the car pull up to the house. It is NOT an
explanatory fiction to claim that Fido runs to the door because - Correct Answerdoing
this has been reinforced by affection from his master.
Mentalism - Correct AnswerTends to half further inquiry into causal factors, explains
behavior with antecedents, and appeals to feeling or states as cause of behavior
Which is NOT an explanatory fiction?
A child becomes an award winning pianist because... - Correct AnswerHe practices at
least 10 hours a week
*note using knowledge, talent, abilities, or other descriptor is incorrect*
What is the correct way to talk about reinforcement - Correct AnswerWhen behavior
occurs more often after it produces a given consequence, the behavior has been
reinforced
*cannot include words like knows, wants, figures out, etc*
With circular reasoning, the stated cause is - Correct Answerjust a restatement of the
effect.
Behavior analysts maintain that feelings are - Correct Answerrespondents, explainable
in the same terms as overt behavior.
