BCBA Exam Prep

The law of effect - Answer- The effects of our actions determine whether we will repeat them. Organisms learn through consequences. Social Validity - Answer- The goals, procedures, and results of an inervention are acceptable to the client, the behavior analyst, and society. Reliability Measures - Answer- The comparison of measurements of dependent variables and independent variables obtained by individual observers. Informed consent - Answer- Consent to intervene in a way that is experimental or risky; participant/guardian is informed of the risks and benfits and of the right to stop intervention. Forgetting procedure - Answer- preventing the opportunity for a response. Response dimensions - Answer- The physical properties of a response. Ex: intensity, topography, latency, force, duration, pitch Response differentiation - Answer- The reinforced response class occurs more frequently than an extinguished response class, usually as a result of differential reinforcement. Process vs. Product - Answer- Sometimes you need to make reinforcers and feedback contingent on the component responses of the process, not just the product. Unconditioned reinforcer - Answer- A stimulus event or condition that is a reinforcer, though not as a result of pairing with another reinforcer. Initial behavior - Answer- Behavior that resembles the terminal behavior along some meaningful dimension and occurs at least with minimal frequency. Deprivation - Answer- Witholding a reinforcer increases relevant learning and performance. The procedure of shaping with punishment - Answer- the differential punishment of all behavior except that which more and more closely resembles the terminal behavior. Intermediate Behaviors - Answer- Beavior that more closely approximates the terminal behavior. Positive Practice - Answer- Repeating the correct response after making an incorrect response. Gro