BCBA EXAM STUDYING (Concepts & Principles)
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Behavior - Answer️️ -What living organisms say or do; implies action
How people think, feel, and what they say
Larger set/class of responses that share physical dimensions/functions
Example: Study behavior; hand-flap...
Similar behaviors that are strengthened or weakened collectively as a result
of operant conditioning
Example: Your exam prep behaviors (flash cards, study manual, mock
exams), they look different, but they all prepare you for the big exam!
Repertoire - Answer✔️✔️-All of the behaviors that you can do and a
collection of skills you have learned that are related to a specific task or
specific setting
Example: Language skills; everyday routines; practicing ABA; cooking
Environment - Answer✔️✔️-An elaborate and always changing universe of
events
In ABA, refers to stimulus conditions that are internal and external to the
individual
Behavior can't occur without this
Stimulus - Answer✔️✔️-Physical events that effect the behavior of an
individual
External or internal
Example: Muscle spasms; bright light; loud noise; person present
Example: Size; color; intensity; weight; spatial positions in relation to other
objects (prepositions (e.g. on top of the TV, to the left of the TV)
Temporal Stimulus Class - Answer✔️✔️-Refers to time
Antecedents: stimulus change that exists or occur before a behavior of
interest. Important for learning and motivation
Consequences: stimulus changes that occur after a behavior of interest.
Important for future behaviors
Antecendent and consequent stimuli determine what's learned
Functional Stimulus Class - Answer✔️✔️-The effect of the stimulus on the
behavior
Stimulus changes that are defined by a functional analysis of their effects
on behavior
A single stimulus can have multiple functions
Can have an immediate, yet temporary effect on behavior (e.g. a sour
tasting glass of milk may cause you to stop drinking the milk immediately)
or delayed, yet more, long-term effect on behavior (e.g. if eating dairy gives
you a stomachache, then in the future, you may avoid dairy products)
Feature Stimulus Class - Answer✔️✔️-Stimuli in this class can share:
common topographies, common relative relations (i.e spatial
arrangements)
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