BCBA EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
3 levels of scientific understanding - (ANSWER)DPC
Description
Prediction
Control
Description - (ANSWER)Systematic observations that can be quantified & classified
Prediction - (ANSWER)AKA: correlation; covariation
2 events may regularly occur at the same time. This does not mean one causes the other
Control - (ANSWER)AKA: causation
Functional relation.
The highest level of scientific understanding.
Experimental demonstration that manipulating one event (IV) results in another event (DV).
6 attitudes of science
Philosophical assumptions of bx - (ANSWER)DEER PP
Determinism
Empiricism
Experimentation
Replication
Parimony
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Philosophical Doubt
Determinism - (ANSWER)Cause & effect
Lawfulness
Orderly & predictable
Empiricism - (ANSWER)Facts
Experimental, data-based scientific approach, drawing upon observation & experience.
Requires objective qualification & detailed description of events.
Experimentation - (ANSWER)Basic strategy of most sciences.
Requires manipulating variables to see effects on DV.
Experiment to determine if one event caused another.
Replication - (ANSWER)Repeating experiments
Parisomy - (ANSWER)The simplest theory.
All simple & logical explanations must be ruled out first before complex explanations.
Philosophical Doubt - (ANSWER)Having healthy skepticism & a critical eye
7 dimensions of ABA - (ANSWER)BATCAGE or GET A CAB
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Behavioral
Applied
Technological
Conceptually Systematic
Analytic
Generality
Effective
Behavioral - (ANSWER)Observable events.
Must be a bx in need of improvement.
Applied - (ANSWER)Socially significant bxs
Technological - (ANSWER)Procedures clearly & precisely so they are replicable.
RECIPE
Conceptually Systematic - (ANSWER)Procedures should be based on principles of ABA
Analytic - (ANSWER)AKA: Functional Relation, Experimentation, Control, Causation
A functional relation is demonstrated.
Generality - (ANSWER)AKA: Generalization
Extends bx change across time, settings, or other bxs
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Effective - (ANSWER)Improves bx in a practical manner
Mentalism Terminology - (ANSWER)Hypothetical Constructs
Explanatory Fictions
Circular Reasoning
4 Branches of Behavior Analysis - (ANSWER)CASE
Conceptual Analysis of Behavior
ABA
Behavior Service Delivery
Experimental Analysis of Bx (EAB)
2 types of bx - (ANSWER)Respondent
Operant
Respondent Bx - (ANSWER)AKA: Reflex, Reflexive Relations, Unconditioned, US-UR
Elicited
Involuntary
Reflex
Habituation
Habituation - (ANSWER)Eliciting stimulus is presented repeatedly that respondent bx diminishes
Phylogenic - (ANSWER)Bx that is genetic
3 levels of scientific understanding - (ANSWER)DPC
Description
Prediction
Control
Description - (ANSWER)Systematic observations that can be quantified & classified
Prediction - (ANSWER)AKA: correlation; covariation
2 events may regularly occur at the same time. This does not mean one causes the other
Control - (ANSWER)AKA: causation
Functional relation.
The highest level of scientific understanding.
Experimental demonstration that manipulating one event (IV) results in another event (DV).
6 attitudes of science
Philosophical assumptions of bx - (ANSWER)DEER PP
Determinism
Empiricism
Experimentation
Replication
Parimony
, BCBA EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
Philosophical Doubt
Determinism - (ANSWER)Cause & effect
Lawfulness
Orderly & predictable
Empiricism - (ANSWER)Facts
Experimental, data-based scientific approach, drawing upon observation & experience.
Requires objective qualification & detailed description of events.
Experimentation - (ANSWER)Basic strategy of most sciences.
Requires manipulating variables to see effects on DV.
Experiment to determine if one event caused another.
Replication - (ANSWER)Repeating experiments
Parisomy - (ANSWER)The simplest theory.
All simple & logical explanations must be ruled out first before complex explanations.
Philosophical Doubt - (ANSWER)Having healthy skepticism & a critical eye
7 dimensions of ABA - (ANSWER)BATCAGE or GET A CAB
, BCBA EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
Behavioral
Applied
Technological
Conceptually Systematic
Analytic
Generality
Effective
Behavioral - (ANSWER)Observable events.
Must be a bx in need of improvement.
Applied - (ANSWER)Socially significant bxs
Technological - (ANSWER)Procedures clearly & precisely so they are replicable.
RECIPE
Conceptually Systematic - (ANSWER)Procedures should be based on principles of ABA
Analytic - (ANSWER)AKA: Functional Relation, Experimentation, Control, Causation
A functional relation is demonstrated.
Generality - (ANSWER)AKA: Generalization
Extends bx change across time, settings, or other bxs
, BCBA EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
Effective - (ANSWER)Improves bx in a practical manner
Mentalism Terminology - (ANSWER)Hypothetical Constructs
Explanatory Fictions
Circular Reasoning
4 Branches of Behavior Analysis - (ANSWER)CASE
Conceptual Analysis of Behavior
ABA
Behavior Service Delivery
Experimental Analysis of Bx (EAB)
2 types of bx - (ANSWER)Respondent
Operant
Respondent Bx - (ANSWER)AKA: Reflex, Reflexive Relations, Unconditioned, US-UR
Elicited
Involuntary
Reflex
Habituation
Habituation - (ANSWER)Eliciting stimulus is presented repeatedly that respondent bx diminishes
Phylogenic - (ANSWER)Bx that is genetic
