BCBA TEST REVIEW | QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST
UPDATE | GRADED A+ & PASSED
FK-01 Lawfulness of Behavior
Correct Answer: Lawfullness of behavior Relationships about the way things occur in
nature. If an experiment was done in the exact same way the outcome should be the
same.
Example: If you are holding a ball and let it go it will drop to the ground. If an insect
bites you, you will slap it.)
FK-02 Selectionism
Correct Answer: All forms of life evolve as a result of selection with respect to
function.
FK-02 Phylogenic
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, Correct Answer: Conceptually parallel to Darwin's natural selection in the evolutionary
history of the species (phylogeny).
FK-02 Ontogenic
Correct Answer: Selection by consequences operates during the lifetime of the
individual organism (ontogeny)
FK-02 Cultural
Correct Answer: Cultural refers to behavioral contingencies of selection.
Empiricism
Correct Answer: The practice of objective observation
FK-03 Determinism
Correct Answer: The assumption that the universe is a lawful and orderly place in
which phenomenon occur in relation to other events and not willy-nilly, or in accidental
fashion
"ANTECEDENT---> BEHAVIOR"
FK-05 Parsimony
Correct Answer: Simpler, more logical explanations be ruled out before a more
complex or abstract explanation is considered
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ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST
UPDATE | GRADED A+ & PASSED
FK-01 Lawfulness of Behavior
Correct Answer: Lawfullness of behavior Relationships about the way things occur in
nature. If an experiment was done in the exact same way the outcome should be the
same.
Example: If you are holding a ball and let it go it will drop to the ground. If an insect
bites you, you will slap it.)
FK-02 Selectionism
Correct Answer: All forms of life evolve as a result of selection with respect to
function.
FK-02 Phylogenic
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, Correct Answer: Conceptually parallel to Darwin's natural selection in the evolutionary
history of the species (phylogeny).
FK-02 Ontogenic
Correct Answer: Selection by consequences operates during the lifetime of the
individual organism (ontogeny)
FK-02 Cultural
Correct Answer: Cultural refers to behavioral contingencies of selection.
Empiricism
Correct Answer: The practice of objective observation
FK-03 Determinism
Correct Answer: The assumption that the universe is a lawful and orderly place in
which phenomenon occur in relation to other events and not willy-nilly, or in accidental
fashion
"ANTECEDENT---> BEHAVIOR"
FK-05 Parsimony
Correct Answer: Simpler, more logical explanations be ruled out before a more
complex or abstract explanation is considered
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