SPCE 619, 70 QUESTIONS WITH ALL RESPONSES
Functional assessment or Functional Behaviour Assessment - correct answer-
______________refers to a category of procedures used to formally assess the possible environmental causes of problem behaviour. These procedures include informant assessments (e.g., interviews, rating scales), direct observation in the natural environment (e.g., ABC assessment), and experimental functional analysis.
Experimentation - correct answer-____________________ is the controlled comparison of some measure of the phenomenon of interest (the dependent variable) under two or more different conditions
Determinism - correct answer-The universe is a lawful and orderly place in which all phenomena occurs as the result of other events.
Treatment efficacy - correct answer-refers to the Clients right to effective treatment (i.e., based on the research literature and adapted to the individual client).
Empiricism - correct answer-the practice of objective observation of the phenomena of interest.
Behaviour analysts - correct answer-___________________ refers to individual who holds the BCBA or BCaBA credential, an individual authorized by the BACB to provide supervision, or a coordinator of a BACB Approved Course Sequences. Where Code elements are deemed relevant to the practice of an RBT, the term "behaviour analyst" includes the behaviour technician
Correlation - correct answer-The systematic co-existence between two events can be used to predict the relative probability of one event occurring based on the presence of another event.
Applied - correct answer-Investigates socially significant behaviors with immediate importance to the subject(s).
Behavior Analysis Certification Board (BACB): - correct answer-Certification Board for behavior analysts, The BACB certification procedures and content undergo regular psychometric review and validation, pursuant to a job analysis survey of the profession and standards established by content experts in the field Parsimony - correct answer-Simple, logical explanations must be ruled out, experimentally or conceptually, before more complex or abstract explanations are considered _________________.
Effective - correct answer-improves behavior sufficiently to produce practical results for the participant/client.
Functional assessment or Functional Behavior Assessment: - correct answer-
______________refers to a category of procedures used to formally assess the possible environmental causes of problem behavior. These procedures include informant assessments (e.g., interviews, rating scales), direct observation in the natural environment (e.g., ABC assessment), and experimental functional analysis.
Establishing operation - correct answer-_____________________ are a type of motivating operation that increases the effectiveness of some stimulus, object, or event as a reinforcer. For example, food deprivation makes food an effective reinforcer.
Risk-Benefit Analysis - correct answer-a deliberate evaluation of the potential risks (e.g., limitations, side effects, costs) and benefits (e.g., treatment outcomes, efficiency, savings) associated with a given intervention. should conclude with a course of action associated with greater benefits than risks.
Behavioral treatment - correct answer-An individual has a right to a therapeutic environment 2) An individual has a right to services whose overriding goal is personal welfare 3) An individual has a right to treatment by a competent behavior analyst 4) An individual has a right to programs that teach functional skills 5) An individual has a right to behavioral assessment and ongoing evaluation and 6) An individual has the right to the most effective treatment procedures available.
Behavioral - correct answer-entails precise measurement of the actual behavior in need of improvement and documents that it was the subject's behavior that change
Analytic - correct answer-_______________ is the dimension of ABA that demonstrates experimental control over the occurrence and nonoccurrence of the behavior—that is, if a functional relation is demonstrate
Ethics - correct answer-Refers to behaviors, practices, and decisions that address such basic and fundamental questions as: What is the right thing to do? What's worth doing? What does it mean to be a good behavior analytic practitioner?
Accepting accountability - correct answer-One of the core principles. we have an awesome responsibility in designing behavior change programs. We have to ___________________ when treatments do not work
Conflict of interest - correct answer-A situation in which a person in a position of responsibility or trust has competing professional or personal interests that make it difficult to fulfill his or her duties impartially.
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