BCBA exam-PASStheBIGABAEXAM 2023

3 levels of scientific understanding - DPC Description Prediction Control Description - Systematic observations that can be quantified & classified Prediction - AKA: correlation; covariation 2 events may regularly occur at the same time. This does not mean one causes the other Control - AKA: causation Functional relation. The highest level of scientific understanding. Experimental demonstration that manipulating one event (IV) results in another event (DV). 6 attitudes of science Philosophical assumptions of bx - DEER PP Determinism Empiricism Experimentation Replication Parimony Philosophical Doubt Determinism - Cause & effect Lawfulness Orderly & predictable Empiricism - Facts Experimental, data-based scientific approach, drawing upon observation & experience. Requires objective qualification & detailed description of events. Experimentation - Basic strategy of most sciences. Requires manipulating variables to see effects on DV. Experiment to determine if one event caused another. Replication - Repeating experiments Parisomy - The simplest theory. All simple & logical explanations must be ruled out first before complex explanations. Philosophical Doubt - Having healthy skepticism & a critical eye 7 dimensions of ABA - BATCAGE or GET A CAB Behavioral Applied Technological Conceptually Systematic Analytic Generality Effective Behavioral - Observable events. Must be a bx in need of improvement. Applied - Socially significant bxs Technological - Procedures clearly & precisely so they are replicable. RECIPE Conceptually Systematic - Procedures should be based on principles of ABA Analytic - AKA: Functional Relation, Experimentation, Control, Causation A functional relation is demonstrated. Generality - AKA: Generalization Extends bx change across time, settings, or other bxs Effective - Improves bx in a practical manner Mentalism Terminology - Hypothetical Constructs Explanatory Fictions Circular Reasoning 4 Branches of Behavior Analysis - CASE Conceptual Analysis of Behavior ABA Behavior Service Delivery Experimental Analysis of Bx (EAB) 2 types of bx - Respondent Operant Respondent Bx - AKA: Reflex, Reflexive Relations, Unconditioned, US-UR Elicited Involuntary Reflex Habituation Habituation - Eliciting stimulus is presented repeatedly that respondent bx diminishes Phylogenic - Bx that is genetic Respondent conditioning - AKA: Classical Conditioning, Pavlovian Conditioning, S-S Pairing, CS-CR When new stimuli acquire the ability to elicit respondents. Operant Behavior - AKA: S-R-S, 3 term contingency, ABC Emit/evoke Bx whose probability is determined by its history of consequences. Voluntary action. Operants defined in terms of their relationship to controlling variables. FUNCTION. Encompasses both reinforcement & punishment. Adaptation Adaptation - Reductions in responding by repeated or prolonged presentation to antecedent stimulus. Ontogentic - Learning that results from interactions with environment Operant Contingency - AKA: Behavioral Contingency, Contingency, 3-term Contingency, ABC The occasion for a response (SD), the response, & the outcome. The dependency of a particular consequence on the occurrence of the bx. Reinforcer or punisher is "contingent" on a bx 3-term contingency ABC - What is the primary analysis in ABA? Contiguity - When 2 stimuli occur close together in time, resulting in an association of those 2 stimuli. 3 Principles of Bx - PER Punishment Extinction Reinforcement All strategies are derived from these 3 principles. applied - ABA is a(n) _______ science. ABA - A scientific approach for discovering environmental variables that reliably influence socially significant bx & for developing a technology of bx change that is practical & applicable Science - To achieve a thorough understanding of the phenomena under study (socially significant bxs) Response - A single instance of bx. Behavior - Larger set/class or responses that share physical dimensions or functions. Response Class - A group of bxs that comprise an operant. Operant: Response-consequence relationship. Similar bxs that are strengthened or weakened collectively as a result of operant conditioning. Yes. Can widely vary in form but are limited in topographical variations. - Can responses in the same response class look different? Repertoire - 1. All bxs that an individual can do