BDS MODULE A02 PART 1 QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025-2026
A parsimonious explanation is most likely to be CORRECT
ANSWER built on an existing foundation of knowledge or laws
Experimentation (2 questions) CORRECT ANSWER
Involves arranging events to evaluate their influence, and is a philosophical foundations of BA * is an e
valuation of how one of it is influenced by other events, ideally requires all variables, be controlled exc
ept the dependent variable, and requires control over extraneous variables.
An example that would LEAST rely on empirical support? CORRECT
ANSWER A position paper by a known authority in a reputable
newspaper
Give the most parsimonious explanation. A 5 y/o tantrums in the candy aisle due to CORRECT
ANSWER A history of reinforcement in the form of receiving candy
Philosophical assumptions of behavior analysis include CORRECT ANSWER
Determinism, empiricism, parsimony, philosophic doubt, selectionism, pragmatism
Philosophical underpinnings of behavioral analysisDinclude CORRECT ANSWER
Determinism, empiricism, parsimony, selectionism, philosophic doubt, experimentation, replication
Given two explanations for the same phenomena, parsimony favors the explanation that is
CORRECT ANSWER based on the fewest assumptions
The most parsimonious explanation CORRECT ANSWER
requires the fewest assumptions and is built on an existing foundation of knowledge or laws
Despite several experiments that support the utility of behavioral momentum, a research of questions,
the existence of this phenomenon. This researcher is CORRECT ANSWER
Demonstrating philosophic doubt
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025-2026
A parsimonious explanation is most likely to be CORRECT
ANSWER built on an existing foundation of knowledge or laws
Experimentation (2 questions) CORRECT ANSWER
Involves arranging events to evaluate their influence, and is a philosophical foundations of BA * is an e
valuation of how one of it is influenced by other events, ideally requires all variables, be controlled exc
ept the dependent variable, and requires control over extraneous variables.
An example that would LEAST rely on empirical support? CORRECT
ANSWER A position paper by a known authority in a reputable
newspaper
Give the most parsimonious explanation. A 5 y/o tantrums in the candy aisle due to CORRECT
ANSWER A history of reinforcement in the form of receiving candy
Philosophical assumptions of behavior analysis include CORRECT ANSWER
Determinism, empiricism, parsimony, philosophic doubt, selectionism, pragmatism
Philosophical underpinnings of behavioral analysisDinclude CORRECT ANSWER
Determinism, empiricism, parsimony, selectionism, philosophic doubt, experimentation, replication
Given two explanations for the same phenomena, parsimony favors the explanation that is
CORRECT ANSWER based on the fewest assumptions
The most parsimonious explanation CORRECT ANSWER
requires the fewest assumptions and is built on an existing foundation of knowledge or laws
Despite several experiments that support the utility of behavioral momentum, a research of questions,
the existence of this phenomenon. This researcher is CORRECT ANSWER
Demonstrating philosophic doubt
