BCBA TERMS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2023

BCBA TERMS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2023 lawfulness of behavior behavior is determined by specific conditions/variables empiricism objective observation of the phenomena of interest based on thorough description, systematic and repeated measurement and precise quantification of the phenomena of interest. experimental analysis manipulate IV to observe changes DV parsimony all simple logical explanations for phenomenon under investigation must be ruled out before more complex explanations are considered (choose the simplest explanation that requires the fewest assumptions) explain determinism as it relates to behavior analysis in behavior analysis there is an assumption that behavior is lawfuland determined based upon specific conditions/variables what is the difference between mentalistic and environmental explanations of behavior? mentalistic is internal (thoughts feelings) environmental is external what is experimental analysis of behavior? the field of scientific investigation concerned with analysis of operant behavior What is applied behavior analysis? science in which the tactics derived from the principles of behavior are applied to improve socially significant behavior and experimentation is used to identify the variables responsible for the improvement in the behavior what are behavioral technologies? clearly defined operative procedures that may be replicated by others based upon their descriptions explain behavior in behavior analytic terms. A-B-C three term contingency Baer, Wolf & Risley 1968 - what are the dimensions of applied behavior analysis? Applied - socially significant Behavior- relevant (needs improvement), measureable, and whose behavior Analytic - functional relationships exist - control Behaviorism the philosophy of the science of behavior. determinism the universe is a lawful and orderly place in which all phenomena occur as the result of other events experiment carefully conducted comparison of some dependent variable under two or more conditions in which only one independent variable at a time differs from conditions. explanatory fiction a fictitious variable that often is simply another name for the observed behavior that contributes nothing to an understanding of the variables responsible for developing or maintaining the behavior. functional relation specific change in one event can reliably be procedue by specific manipulations of another event (as in functional analysis) hypothetical construct presumed but unobserved entities that could not be manipulated in an experiment mentalism an approach to the study of behavior which assumes that a mental or inner dimension exists that differs from a behavioral dimension. methodological behaviorism a philosophical position that views behavioral events that cannot be publicly observed as outside the realm of science philosophic doubt continued questioning of the truthfulness of what is regarded as fact (maybe the world isn't flat) - willingness to set aside most cherished beliefts to replace them with new knowledge. radical behaviorism a thoroughgoing for of behaviorism that attempts to understand all human behavior, including private events such as thoughts or feelings, in terms of controlling variables in the history of the person (ontogeny) and the species (phylogeny)