BCBA Exam Prep 4th Edition Task list
Full Set of Terms
John Watson - Methodological Behaviourism
(S-R Behaviourism, S-R Psychology)
1913-First person to describe behaviourism as formal system.
Methodological Behaviourism only looks at publicly observed events.
Not concerned with private events.
Study Bx by direct observation of relationship between environemtal stimulus (S) and
responses (R) they evoke
1920- Little Albert Experiment
Ivan Pavlov - Classical Conditioning
Respondent conditioning with dogs
Habituation - When eliciting stimulus is presented repeatedly over a short time the
strength of the respondent Bx diminishes
Respondent Conditioning
AKA: Classical Conditioning, Pavlovian Conditioning
S-S pairing; Conditioned Stimulus-Conditioned Response
(CS-CR) - Ivan Pavlov
When new stimuli acquire ability to elicit responses
US------>UR US ---------- >UR
(food) (salivate) (food) (salivate)
NS + US ----------- >UR
(tone) (food) (salivate)
NS > CS >CR
(tone) (no salivate) (tone) (salivate)
Operant Behaviour
AKA: S-R-S model, s3-term scontingency s- sEMIT/EVOKE
sProbability sof soccurrence sdetermined sby shistory sof
sconsequences sVoluntary sAction
Operants sdefined sin sterms sof srelationship sto scontrolling svariables s(function)
sOperant sNOT sdefined sby stopography
FUNCTION sIS sWHAT sMATTERS
includes sR+ sand spunishment
Adaptation s- sReductions sin sthe sresponding sevoked sby san santecedent sstimulus sover
srepeated sor sprolonged spresentations
Ontogenic s- sLearning sthat sresults sfrom san sorganism's sinteraction swith shis
senvironment sOPERANT sBX-> sontogenic shistory
Operant sConditioning
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Full Set of Terms
AKA: sBehavioural sContingency, s3-term scontingency, sABC s- sResponse s(SD),
sthe sresponse, sand soutcome sof sthe sresponse
The sdependency sof sa sparticular sconsequence son sthe soccurrence sof sthe sBX
R+ sor spunisher ssaid sto sbe s'contingent' son sa sBx, sthe sBx smust sbe semitted sfor
sconsequence sto soccur
Phylogeny s- sBehaviour sinherited sgenetically
sRespondent sbehaviour sdue sto sphylogenic
shistory
Mentalism
AKA: sSpiritual/psychic/subjective sfeelings/attitudes s- sApproach sto sexplaining
sbehaviour sthat sassumes sinner sdimension sexists sand scauses sBx
Traditional spsychology sdominated sby sthis
Applied sBehavior sAnalysis s- sA sscientific sapproach sfor sdiscovering
senvironmental svariables sthat sreliably sinfluence ssocially ssignificant sbehaviour
sand sfor sdeveloping sa stechnology sof sbehaviour schange sthat sis spractical sand
sapplicable
Evidence sbased sAPPLIED sscience
Science s- sA ssystematic sapproach sfor sseeking sand sorganizing sknowledge sabout sthe
snatural sworld
Based son sDeterminism
Purpose: sto sachieve sa sthorough sunderstanding sof sphenomena sunder
sstudy sABA-> ssocially simportant sbehaviours
B.F sSkinner s- s1938- sRadical sBehaviourism
Radical sbecause sit sincludes sprivate sevents sinto sunderstanding sbehaviour
Darwinian sSelectionism
AKA: sSelection sby sconsequences s- sDiscuss s3-term scontingency swith sregards sto
sspecies sand ssurvival
Belief sthat sall sforms sof slife, sfrom ssingle scells sto scomplex scultures sevolve sselection
swith srespect sto sfunction
Operant sselection sby sconsequences srequires svariation sin
sBX sBest soutcomes sselected sand ssurvive.
Pragmatism s- sA sprobabilistic sAB sbecause sof sC sphilosophy
At sthe slevel sof sbehaviour, sthe srelation sbetween sthe ssetting
s(A) sand sthe sbehaviour s(B) sis sbecause sof sconsequences
s(C) sFocuses son sanswering squestion:
" sHow sdo sthings scome sto sbe sas sthey
sare?" sCharles sS sPierce s& sWilliam sJames
Meaning sof san sidea sor sa sproposition slies sin sits sobservable spractical sconsequences
srather sthan stheory sof sdogma
,BCBA Exam Prep 4th Edition Task list
Full Set of Terms
Respondent sBehaviour
AKA: sreflex, sreflexive srelations, sunconditioned sstimulus-unconditioned sresponse
s(US- sUR) s- sELICITED sor s"brought sout" sby santecedent sstimuli
Involuntary
Behaviour sone sdoes snot slearn
Reflex s- sThe seliciting sstimulus s(unconditioned sstimulus s(US) sand sbehaviour sit
sproduces s(unconditioned sresponse sor sUR) sthat sis spart sof sthe sorganism's sgenetic
sendowment
3 sPrinciples sof sBehaviour s- sPunishment
sExtinction
Reinforcement
Respondent-Operant sInteractions s- sAn sexperience scan soften sinclude sboth
srespondent sand soperant sconditioning stogether sat sthe ssame stime
example: swarming sup sfood sin sa smicrowave
Contiguity
AKA: sTemporal sContiguity s- sWhen s2 sstimuli soccur sclose sin stime, sresulting sin
sassociation sof sthose s2 sstimuli
Respondent sconditioning: stemporal scontiguity s(how sclose sin stime) saffects spairing sof
sthe sCS s& sUS
Operant sconditioning: saffects sthe spairing sof sthe sbehaviour sand
sconsequence sThis sis show ssuperstitious sbehaviour sis sdeveloped
Hypothetical sConstructs
AKA: sImaginary sConstructs s- sPresumed, sbut sunobserved
sentities sex: sfree swill/information sprocessing
Effective s- sImproves sbehaviour sin spractical smanner, snot sjust sstatistically ssignificant
sway
Generality s- sExtends sbehaviour schange sacross stime, ssettings, sother sbehaviour
Analytical
AKA: sfunctional srelation, sExperimentation, sControl, sCausation s- sFunctional
srelationship sis sdemonstrated
Experimenter sdemonstrated sfunctional srelationship sbetween smanipulated sevents sand
sreliable schange sin smeasurable sdimension sof stargeted sbehaviour
Ultimate sissue: sBELIEVABILITY
Conceptually sSystematic s- sAll sprocedures stied sto sbasic sbehaviour sprinciples sof
sbehaviour sanalysis swhere sthey scame sfrom
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Technological s- sProcedure sis sclear sand
sdetailed sReplicable-> slike sa srecipe
Applied s- sABA simproves severyday
slife sFocus son ssocially ssignificant
sbehaviour
Helps speers/parents/significant sothers sbehave spositively stowards sclient
Behavioural s- sObservable sevents
Behaviour schosen smust sbe sa sbehaviour sin sneed
7 sDimensions sof sABA s- sBehavioural
sApplied
Technological
sConceptually
ssystematic sAnalytic
Generality
sEffective
Philosophical sDoubt s- sHealthy sskepticism sand scritical seye sabout sresults sof sstudies
sand sour swork swith sclients
Parsimony s- sSimplest sTheory
Must sbe sruled sout sbefore sexploring smore scomplex
sexplanations sHelps sscientists sfit stheir sfindings swithin sexisting
sknowledge sbase
Replication s- sRepeating sexperiments
Helps sdetermine sRELIABILITY sand susefulness sof sfindings
sDiscovers smistakes, smaking sscience sa sself-correcting
senterprise
Experimentation s- sExperimental sAnalysis
sBasic sstrategy sof smost ssciences
Requires smanipulating svariables sIV seffect son sDV
Empiricism s- sFACTS
Experimental, sdata sbased sscientific sapproach
sBased son sexperience sand sobservation
Objective squantifications sand sdetailed sdescription sof sevents
Determinism s- sCause/Effect
sLawfulness/ sIf-Then
The sworld sis sorderly sand spredictable
6 sAttitudes sof sScience/Philosophical sAssumptions sof sBehaviour s- sDeterminism
sExperimentation
Full Set of Terms
John Watson - Methodological Behaviourism
(S-R Behaviourism, S-R Psychology)
1913-First person to describe behaviourism as formal system.
Methodological Behaviourism only looks at publicly observed events.
Not concerned with private events.
Study Bx by direct observation of relationship between environemtal stimulus (S) and
responses (R) they evoke
1920- Little Albert Experiment
Ivan Pavlov - Classical Conditioning
Respondent conditioning with dogs
Habituation - When eliciting stimulus is presented repeatedly over a short time the
strength of the respondent Bx diminishes
Respondent Conditioning
AKA: Classical Conditioning, Pavlovian Conditioning
S-S pairing; Conditioned Stimulus-Conditioned Response
(CS-CR) - Ivan Pavlov
When new stimuli acquire ability to elicit responses
US------>UR US ---------- >UR
(food) (salivate) (food) (salivate)
NS + US ----------- >UR
(tone) (food) (salivate)
NS > CS >CR
(tone) (no salivate) (tone) (salivate)
Operant Behaviour
AKA: S-R-S model, s3-term scontingency s- sEMIT/EVOKE
sProbability sof soccurrence sdetermined sby shistory sof
sconsequences sVoluntary sAction
Operants sdefined sin sterms sof srelationship sto scontrolling svariables s(function)
sOperant sNOT sdefined sby stopography
FUNCTION sIS sWHAT sMATTERS
includes sR+ sand spunishment
Adaptation s- sReductions sin sthe sresponding sevoked sby san santecedent sstimulus sover
srepeated sor sprolonged spresentations
Ontogenic s- sLearning sthat sresults sfrom san sorganism's sinteraction swith shis
senvironment sOPERANT sBX-> sontogenic shistory
Operant sConditioning
,BCBA Exam Prep 4th Edition Task list
Full Set of Terms
AKA: sBehavioural sContingency, s3-term scontingency, sABC s- sResponse s(SD),
sthe sresponse, sand soutcome sof sthe sresponse
The sdependency sof sa sparticular sconsequence son sthe soccurrence sof sthe sBX
R+ sor spunisher ssaid sto sbe s'contingent' son sa sBx, sthe sBx smust sbe semitted sfor
sconsequence sto soccur
Phylogeny s- sBehaviour sinherited sgenetically
sRespondent sbehaviour sdue sto sphylogenic
shistory
Mentalism
AKA: sSpiritual/psychic/subjective sfeelings/attitudes s- sApproach sto sexplaining
sbehaviour sthat sassumes sinner sdimension sexists sand scauses sBx
Traditional spsychology sdominated sby sthis
Applied sBehavior sAnalysis s- sA sscientific sapproach sfor sdiscovering
senvironmental svariables sthat sreliably sinfluence ssocially ssignificant sbehaviour
sand sfor sdeveloping sa stechnology sof sbehaviour schange sthat sis spractical sand
sapplicable
Evidence sbased sAPPLIED sscience
Science s- sA ssystematic sapproach sfor sseeking sand sorganizing sknowledge sabout sthe
snatural sworld
Based son sDeterminism
Purpose: sto sachieve sa sthorough sunderstanding sof sphenomena sunder
sstudy sABA-> ssocially simportant sbehaviours
B.F sSkinner s- s1938- sRadical sBehaviourism
Radical sbecause sit sincludes sprivate sevents sinto sunderstanding sbehaviour
Darwinian sSelectionism
AKA: sSelection sby sconsequences s- sDiscuss s3-term scontingency swith sregards sto
sspecies sand ssurvival
Belief sthat sall sforms sof slife, sfrom ssingle scells sto scomplex scultures sevolve sselection
swith srespect sto sfunction
Operant sselection sby sconsequences srequires svariation sin
sBX sBest soutcomes sselected sand ssurvive.
Pragmatism s- sA sprobabilistic sAB sbecause sof sC sphilosophy
At sthe slevel sof sbehaviour, sthe srelation sbetween sthe ssetting
s(A) sand sthe sbehaviour s(B) sis sbecause sof sconsequences
s(C) sFocuses son sanswering squestion:
" sHow sdo sthings scome sto sbe sas sthey
sare?" sCharles sS sPierce s& sWilliam sJames
Meaning sof san sidea sor sa sproposition slies sin sits sobservable spractical sconsequences
srather sthan stheory sof sdogma
,BCBA Exam Prep 4th Edition Task list
Full Set of Terms
Respondent sBehaviour
AKA: sreflex, sreflexive srelations, sunconditioned sstimulus-unconditioned sresponse
s(US- sUR) s- sELICITED sor s"brought sout" sby santecedent sstimuli
Involuntary
Behaviour sone sdoes snot slearn
Reflex s- sThe seliciting sstimulus s(unconditioned sstimulus s(US) sand sbehaviour sit
sproduces s(unconditioned sresponse sor sUR) sthat sis spart sof sthe sorganism's sgenetic
sendowment
3 sPrinciples sof sBehaviour s- sPunishment
sExtinction
Reinforcement
Respondent-Operant sInteractions s- sAn sexperience scan soften sinclude sboth
srespondent sand soperant sconditioning stogether sat sthe ssame stime
example: swarming sup sfood sin sa smicrowave
Contiguity
AKA: sTemporal sContiguity s- sWhen s2 sstimuli soccur sclose sin stime, sresulting sin
sassociation sof sthose s2 sstimuli
Respondent sconditioning: stemporal scontiguity s(how sclose sin stime) saffects spairing sof
sthe sCS s& sUS
Operant sconditioning: saffects sthe spairing sof sthe sbehaviour sand
sconsequence sThis sis show ssuperstitious sbehaviour sis sdeveloped
Hypothetical sConstructs
AKA: sImaginary sConstructs s- sPresumed, sbut sunobserved
sentities sex: sfree swill/information sprocessing
Effective s- sImproves sbehaviour sin spractical smanner, snot sjust sstatistically ssignificant
sway
Generality s- sExtends sbehaviour schange sacross stime, ssettings, sother sbehaviour
Analytical
AKA: sfunctional srelation, sExperimentation, sControl, sCausation s- sFunctional
srelationship sis sdemonstrated
Experimenter sdemonstrated sfunctional srelationship sbetween smanipulated sevents sand
sreliable schange sin smeasurable sdimension sof stargeted sbehaviour
Ultimate sissue: sBELIEVABILITY
Conceptually sSystematic s- sAll sprocedures stied sto sbasic sbehaviour sprinciples sof
sbehaviour sanalysis swhere sthey scame sfrom
, BCBA Exam Prep 4th Edition Task list
Full Set of Terms
Technological s- sProcedure sis sclear sand
sdetailed sReplicable-> slike sa srecipe
Applied s- sABA simproves severyday
slife sFocus son ssocially ssignificant
sbehaviour
Helps speers/parents/significant sothers sbehave spositively stowards sclient
Behavioural s- sObservable sevents
Behaviour schosen smust sbe sa sbehaviour sin sneed
7 sDimensions sof sABA s- sBehavioural
sApplied
Technological
sConceptually
ssystematic sAnalytic
Generality
sEffective
Philosophical sDoubt s- sHealthy sskepticism sand scritical seye sabout sresults sof sstudies
sand sour swork swith sclients
Parsimony s- sSimplest sTheory
Must sbe sruled sout sbefore sexploring smore scomplex
sexplanations sHelps sscientists sfit stheir sfindings swithin sexisting
sknowledge sbase
Replication s- sRepeating sexperiments
Helps sdetermine sRELIABILITY sand susefulness sof sfindings
sDiscovers smistakes, smaking sscience sa sself-correcting
senterprise
Experimentation s- sExperimental sAnalysis
sBasic sstrategy sof smost ssciences
Requires smanipulating svariables sIV seffect son sDV
Empiricism s- sFACTS
Experimental, sdata sbased sscientific sapproach
sBased son sexperience sand sobservation
Objective squantifications sand sdetailed sdescription sof sevents
Determinism s- sCause/Effect
sLawfulness/ sIf-Then
The sworld sis sorderly sand spredictable
6 sAttitudes sof sScience/Philosophical sAssumptions sof sBehaviour s- sDeterminism
sExperimentation
