BCBA (2) Questions with CORRECT Answers
Question:
What are the common attitudes and assumptions of science?
Answer:
determinism, empiricism, experimentation, replication, parsimony, and philosophic
doubt
Question:
Explain the difference between EAB and ABA
Answer:
EAB involves basic research, reporting only on basic behavior experiments whose
primary goal is to discover and clarify the basic principles of behavior and
determine functional relations between behavior and controlling variables.
Question:
Describe the methodological features of EAB
Answer:
rate of response is the most common dependent variable; repeated or continuous
measurement is made of carefully defined response classes; withinsubject
experimental comparisons are used instead of group designs; visual analysis of
graphed data is preferred over statistical inference; a description of functional
relations is valued over formal theory testing.
Question:
4 main methods for obtaining assessment information
Answer:
interviews, checklists, tests, and direct observation
, Question:
What are the two basic effects that a stimulus change has on behavior?
Answer:
1. an immediate but temporary effect of increasing or decreasing the current
frequency of the behavior (ex: a sudden downpour is likely to immediately increase
the frequency of all behavior that has resulted in the person successfully
escaping the rain in the past) 2. a delayed but relatively permanent effect in
terms of frequency of that type of behavior in the future (ex: if the individual
decided not to take an umbrella the downpour will decrease the frequency of that
behavior on cloudy days in the future)
Question:
Explain higher order respondent conditioning
Answer:
the process when a neutral stimulus is paired with a conditioned stimulus
producing a conditioned reflex
Question:
Define and describe the difference between ontogeny and phylogeny
Answer:
The former is the history of development of an individual organism during its
lifetime. The latter is the history of the natural evolution of a species.
Question:
Explain the multiple ways that consequences affect behavior (operant conditioning)
Answer:
Consequences can affect only future behavior. Consequences select response
classes, not individual responses. Immediate consequences are most effective.
Consequences select any behavior that precedes them. Operant conditioning occurs
automatically.
Question:
Name the three dimensional quantities of behavior.
Answer:
repeatability (count), temporal extent (duration), and temporal locus (when
behavior occurs)
Question:
What are the common attitudes and assumptions of science?
Answer:
determinism, empiricism, experimentation, replication, parsimony, and philosophic
doubt
Question:
Explain the difference between EAB and ABA
Answer:
EAB involves basic research, reporting only on basic behavior experiments whose
primary goal is to discover and clarify the basic principles of behavior and
determine functional relations between behavior and controlling variables.
Question:
Describe the methodological features of EAB
Answer:
rate of response is the most common dependent variable; repeated or continuous
measurement is made of carefully defined response classes; withinsubject
experimental comparisons are used instead of group designs; visual analysis of
graphed data is preferred over statistical inference; a description of functional
relations is valued over formal theory testing.
Question:
4 main methods for obtaining assessment information
Answer:
interviews, checklists, tests, and direct observation
, Question:
What are the two basic effects that a stimulus change has on behavior?
Answer:
1. an immediate but temporary effect of increasing or decreasing the current
frequency of the behavior (ex: a sudden downpour is likely to immediately increase
the frequency of all behavior that has resulted in the person successfully
escaping the rain in the past) 2. a delayed but relatively permanent effect in
terms of frequency of that type of behavior in the future (ex: if the individual
decided not to take an umbrella the downpour will decrease the frequency of that
behavior on cloudy days in the future)
Question:
Explain higher order respondent conditioning
Answer:
the process when a neutral stimulus is paired with a conditioned stimulus
producing a conditioned reflex
Question:
Define and describe the difference between ontogeny and phylogeny
Answer:
The former is the history of development of an individual organism during its
lifetime. The latter is the history of the natural evolution of a species.
Question:
Explain the multiple ways that consequences affect behavior (operant conditioning)
Answer:
Consequences can affect only future behavior. Consequences select response
classes, not individual responses. Immediate consequences are most effective.
Consequences select any behavior that precedes them. Operant conditioning occurs
automatically.
Question:
Name the three dimensional quantities of behavior.
Answer:
repeatability (count), temporal extent (duration), and temporal locus (when
behavior occurs)
