BCBA exam- NEEDED TO PASS the BIGABA EXAM (A+ Verified)

3 levels of scientific understanding correct answers DPC Description Prediction Control Description correct answers Systematic observations that can be quantified & classified Prediction correct answers AKA: correlation; covariation 2 events may regularly occur at the same time. This does not mean one causes the other Control correct answers 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 correct answers DEER PP Determinism Empiricism Experimentation Replication Parimony Philosophical Doubt Determinism correct answers Cause & effect Lawfulness Orderly & predictable Empiricism correct answers Facts Experimental, data-based scientific approach, drawing upon observation & experience. Requires objective qualification & detailed description of events. Experimentation correct answers Basic strategy of most sciences. Requires manipulating variables to see effects on DV.