Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

BCBA Exam > Section 1 > Flashcards

Section 1 Flashcards

1
Q

ABA

A

Scientific approach for discovering environmental variables that reliably influence socially significant behavior and for developing a technology of behavior change that is practical and applicable

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Science: definition and purpose

A

Definition: a systematic approach for seeking and organizing knowledge about the natural world. Based on determinism

Purpose: to achieve a thorough understanding of the phenomena under study

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

3 levels of scientific understanding

A

Description: Systematic observations that can be quantified and classified

Prediction: Two events may regularly occur at the same time

Control: Functional relation

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

6 attitude of science/philosophical assumption of behavior

A 
determinism 
empiricism 
experimentation
replication
parsimony
philosophical doubt
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Determinism

A
  • cause and effect
  • lawfulness
  • world is orderly and predictable
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Empiricism

A
  • FACTS

- Experimental, data-based scientific approach

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Experimental

A
  • the basic strategy of must sciences

- requires manipulating variables so as to see the effects on the DV.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Replication

A
  • Repeating experiments

- Used to determine the reliability and usefulness of their findings

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Parsimony

A
  • the simplest theory

- all simple and logical explanations must be ruled out before considering more complex explanations

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Philosophical doubt

A

having healthy skepticism and a critical eye about the results of studies and your work with clients

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

7 dimensions of aba

A
  1. Behavioral
  2. applied
  3. technological
  4. conceptually systematic
  5. analytical
  6. generality
  7. effective
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

behavioral

A
  • observable events

- the behavior one chooses must be the behavior in need of improvement

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

applied

A
  • ABA improves everyday life of clients

- improves socially significant behaviors

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

technological

A

defines procedures clearly and in detail so they are REPLICABLE

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Conceptually systematic

A

all procedures used should be tied to the basic principle of behavior analysis from which they were derived

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

analytic

A

a functional relationship is demonstrated

17
Q

generality

A

extends behavior change across time, settings, or others behaviors

18
Q

effective

A

improves behavior in a practical manner, not simply making a change that is statistically significant

19
Q

mentalism: hypothetical constructs, explanatory fictions, circular reasoning

A

mentalism: an approach to explaining behavior that assumes an inner dimension exists and causes behavior

20
Q

beaviorism

A

the philosophy of the science of behavior

21
Q

4 branches of behavior analysis

A
  1. conceptual analysis of behavior
  2. ABA
  3. Behavior service delivery
  4. experimental analysis of behavior
22
Q

Ivan Petrovich Pavlov

A

classical conditioning

respondent conditioning with dogs

23
Q

John Broadus Watson

A

Methodological behaviorism

- looks at publicly observable events

24
Q

Burrhus Frederic Skinner

A

Radical Behaviorism

-includes private events

25
Q

Darwinian Selectionism & Pragmatism

A

darwinian selectionism: discusses 3-term contingency

pragmatism: a probabilistic AB -because-of- C philosophy

26
Q

Respondent behavior/ Respondent Conditioning

A
  • elicited: “brought out”
  • involuntary
  • behaviors someone doesn’t have to learn
27
Q

Reflex

A

The eliciting stimulus (US) and the behavior it produces (UR) that is part of an organisms genetic endowment

28
Q

Habituation

A

when the eliciting stimulus is presented repeatedly over a short time, the strength of the respondent behavior diminishes

29
Q

Phylogeny

A

behavior that is inherited genetically

30
Q

operant behavior/ operant contingency

A
  • emit/evoke
  • any behavior whose probability of occurrence is determined by its history of consequences
  • voluntary action
31
Q

Adaptation

A

Reductions in responding evoke by an antecedent stimulus over repeated or prolonged presentations

32
Q

Ontogeny

A

learning that results from an organisms interaction with his/her environment

33
Q

Contiguity

A

when 2 stimuli occur close together in time, resulting in an association of those 2 stimuli

34
Q

Respondent-operant interactions

A

an experience can often include both respondent and operant conditioning occurring together simultaneously

35
Q

What is not behavior

A
  • dead man test: if a dead man can do it, it’s NOT a behavior. If a dead man can’t do it, then it is behavior
36
Q

3 principles of behavior

A

punishment
extinction
reinforcement

BCBA Exam (7 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions