ABA Chapter 29 Ethical Considerations for Applied Behavior Analysis

Question 1

Three tests must be met before informed consent can be considered valid:

Answer 1

1. The person must demonstrate the capacity to decide
2. Person’s decisions must be voluntary
3. Person must have adequate knowledge of all salient aspects of treatments

Question 2

What is considered capable of making an informed decision?

Answer 2

1. adequate mental process or faculty by which he or she acquires knowledge
2. the ability to select and express his or her choices
3. the ability to engage in a rational process .

Question 3

Capacity is questioned only if:

Answer 3

the person has impaired or limited ability to reason, remember, make choices, see the consequences of actions, and plan for the future.

Question 4

Surrogate Consent

Answer 4

Is a legal process by which another individual is authorized to make a decision for a person deemed incompetent based on the knowledge of what the incapacitated person would have wanted.