EDF6225 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS 2026-2027
In preparation for the BCAB certification exam, please know that the material is based on the
work of - CORRECT ANSWER -BF Skinner
Only standardized form of data measurement in our science - CORRECT ANSWER -
Standard Celeration Chart
Coined the term SAFMEDS circa 1980 to refer to the cards and how to best use them for learni
ng - CORRECT ANSWER -Dr Ogden Lindsey
Say All Fast Minute Every Day Shuffle - CORRECT ANSWER -SAFMEDS
- single governing body for professionals in the field of behavior analysis
-
established in 1998 to provide certification to professionals in an effort to establish minimum
criteria to be a reactionary - CORRECT ANSWER -Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB)
A systematic approach fro seeking and organizing knowledge about the natural world -
CORRECT ANSWER -science
Description, prediction, control - CORRECT ANSWER -Three levels of understanding
Studies that produce a collection of facts about the observed events that can be quantified, cla
ssified, and examined for possible relations with other known facts - CORRECT ANSWER -
descriptive
,When a systematic co-
variation occurs between two events, we are able to predict the probability that one event will
occur in conjunction with the other event - CORRECT ANSWER -correlation
- highest level of scientific understanding
- specifically manipulate one event in order to produce a reliable change in another event -
CORRECT ANSWER -control
The factor that is manipulated; variable whose effect is being studied - CORRECT ANSWER -
independent variable
The outcome factor in which we observe change; the variable that may change in response to
manipulations of the independent variable - CORRECT ANSWER -dependent variable
When one event is specifically manipulated in order to produce a reliable change in another ev
ent, and the change in the dependent variable in not likely due to other extraneous factors (co
nfounding variables) - CORRECT ANSWER -Functional Relation
- the "behavior" we wish to change
- the change we see in target bx - CORRECT ANSWER -dependent variable
- the "intervention" we employ
- the stimuli we manipulate - CORRECT ANSWER -independent variable
When we manipulate the independent variable and see a change in the dependent variable an
d that change is not likely due to confounding variables - CORRECT ANSWER -
Functional Relation
,Assumption that the universe is a lawful and orderly place in which phenomena occur as a res
ult of other events - CORRECT ANSWER -determinism
The objective observation of the phenomena of interest - CORRECT ANSWER -Empiricism
Repeating of experiments to determine the reliability and usefulness of the findings -
CORRECT ANSWER -Replication
Considers the simplest , most logical explanation of a phenomenon before more complex expla
nations are considered - CORRECT ANSWER -parsimony
Behaviorism
Experimental Analysis of Behavior (EAB)
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) - CORRECT ANSWER -3 major branches of behavior analysis
Natural science approach for discovering orderly and reliable relations between behaviors and
various types of environmental variables of which it functions. - CORRECT ANSWER -
Experimental Analysis of Behavior
The science of behavior that focuses on observable behavior only - CORRECT ANSWER -
Behaviorism
Established by Bear, Wolf, and Risley in 1968 with 7 guiding dimentions - CORRECT ANSWER -
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
Attempts to study all behavior, including private events, such as thoughts/feelings, in terms of
controlling variables in the history of the person and species. - CORRECT ANSWER -
Radical Behaviorism
, A philosophical position that views behavioral events that cannot be publicly observed as outsi
de the realm of science. - CORRECT ANSWER -methodological behaviorism
- skinner describes some of his most important research in
-
describes experiments that demonstrated orderly and reliable relationships between behavior
and the environment - CORRECT ANSWER -The Behavior of Organisms
- Improving the socially significant behaviors of people's lives
-
Bear et al (1968) : applied research is constrained to examining behaviors which are socially i
mportant (socially significant) rather than convenient for study - CORRECT ANSWER -
Applied dimension of ABA
Behaviors that are observable and measurable - CORRECT ANSWER -
Behavioral dimension of ABA
Defines how we arrive to our decision as to whether or not behavior change occurred as we pr
edicted - CORRECT ANSWER -Analytic dimension of ABA
Defines procedures clearly and in detail so they are replicable - CORRECT ANSWER -
technological dimension of ABA
Rely on behavioral procedures derived from the research, not just random attempts to change
behavior - CORRECT ANSWER -Conceptually Systematic Dimension of ABA
CORRECT ANSWERS 2026-2027
In preparation for the BCAB certification exam, please know that the material is based on the
work of - CORRECT ANSWER -BF Skinner
Only standardized form of data measurement in our science - CORRECT ANSWER -
Standard Celeration Chart
Coined the term SAFMEDS circa 1980 to refer to the cards and how to best use them for learni
ng - CORRECT ANSWER -Dr Ogden Lindsey
Say All Fast Minute Every Day Shuffle - CORRECT ANSWER -SAFMEDS
- single governing body for professionals in the field of behavior analysis
-
established in 1998 to provide certification to professionals in an effort to establish minimum
criteria to be a reactionary - CORRECT ANSWER -Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB)
A systematic approach fro seeking and organizing knowledge about the natural world -
CORRECT ANSWER -science
Description, prediction, control - CORRECT ANSWER -Three levels of understanding
Studies that produce a collection of facts about the observed events that can be quantified, cla
ssified, and examined for possible relations with other known facts - CORRECT ANSWER -
descriptive
,When a systematic co-
variation occurs between two events, we are able to predict the probability that one event will
occur in conjunction with the other event - CORRECT ANSWER -correlation
- highest level of scientific understanding
- specifically manipulate one event in order to produce a reliable change in another event -
CORRECT ANSWER -control
The factor that is manipulated; variable whose effect is being studied - CORRECT ANSWER -
independent variable
The outcome factor in which we observe change; the variable that may change in response to
manipulations of the independent variable - CORRECT ANSWER -dependent variable
When one event is specifically manipulated in order to produce a reliable change in another ev
ent, and the change in the dependent variable in not likely due to other extraneous factors (co
nfounding variables) - CORRECT ANSWER -Functional Relation
- the "behavior" we wish to change
- the change we see in target bx - CORRECT ANSWER -dependent variable
- the "intervention" we employ
- the stimuli we manipulate - CORRECT ANSWER -independent variable
When we manipulate the independent variable and see a change in the dependent variable an
d that change is not likely due to confounding variables - CORRECT ANSWER -
Functional Relation
,Assumption that the universe is a lawful and orderly place in which phenomena occur as a res
ult of other events - CORRECT ANSWER -determinism
The objective observation of the phenomena of interest - CORRECT ANSWER -Empiricism
Repeating of experiments to determine the reliability and usefulness of the findings -
CORRECT ANSWER -Replication
Considers the simplest , most logical explanation of a phenomenon before more complex expla
nations are considered - CORRECT ANSWER -parsimony
Behaviorism
Experimental Analysis of Behavior (EAB)
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) - CORRECT ANSWER -3 major branches of behavior analysis
Natural science approach for discovering orderly and reliable relations between behaviors and
various types of environmental variables of which it functions. - CORRECT ANSWER -
Experimental Analysis of Behavior
The science of behavior that focuses on observable behavior only - CORRECT ANSWER -
Behaviorism
Established by Bear, Wolf, and Risley in 1968 with 7 guiding dimentions - CORRECT ANSWER -
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
Attempts to study all behavior, including private events, such as thoughts/feelings, in terms of
controlling variables in the history of the person and species. - CORRECT ANSWER -
Radical Behaviorism
, A philosophical position that views behavioral events that cannot be publicly observed as outsi
de the realm of science. - CORRECT ANSWER -methodological behaviorism
- skinner describes some of his most important research in
-
describes experiments that demonstrated orderly and reliable relationships between behavior
and the environment - CORRECT ANSWER -The Behavior of Organisms
- Improving the socially significant behaviors of people's lives
-
Bear et al (1968) : applied research is constrained to examining behaviors which are socially i
mportant (socially significant) rather than convenient for study - CORRECT ANSWER -
Applied dimension of ABA
Behaviors that are observable and measurable - CORRECT ANSWER -
Behavioral dimension of ABA
Defines how we arrive to our decision as to whether or not behavior change occurred as we pr
edicted - CORRECT ANSWER -Analytic dimension of ABA
Defines procedures clearly and in detail so they are replicable - CORRECT ANSWER -
technological dimension of ABA
Rely on behavioral procedures derived from the research, not just random attempts to change
behavior - CORRECT ANSWER -Conceptually Systematic Dimension of ABA
