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(BCBA) BILL MOCK EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWER S.
Question : Determinism
CORRECT ANSWER : lawful, orderly
Question : Empiricism
CORRECT ANSWER : objective observation
Question : Experimental Analysis
CORRECT ANSWER : natural science methods
discover general bx principles (in the lab)
Question : Parsimony
CORRECT ANSWER : simplest, requires fewest
assumptions
Question : Behavior
CORRECT ANSWER : anything an organism does
(dead man's test)
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Question : Mentalism
CORRECT ANSWER : accepts a mental basis for
human bx
Question : Environmental Explanations
CORRECT ANSWER : objectively observable,
quantifiable behavioral events
Question : Experimental Analysis of Behavior (EAB)
CORRECT ANSWER : clinical (lab) science on basic
principles of bx, no social significance
Question : Behavioral Technology
CORRECT ANSWER : bx change methods of ABA &
scientific knowledge they came from (how we do what we do, tools in toolbox)
Question : Applied Behavior Analysis
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CORRECT ANSWER: systematically applied
procedures for socially significant bx change
Question : Dimensions of ABA
CORRECT ANSWER : l Applied l Behavioral l Analytic
l Technological l Conceptually systematic l Effective l Generalization
Question : Applied
CORRECT ANSWER : social significance of the bx
Question : Behavioral
CORRECT ANSWER : observable bx (what you do, not
say you do)
Question : Analytic
CORRECT ANSWER : data driven, shows experimental
control over bx or non-bx
Question : Effective
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CORRECT ANSWER: data moving in desired direction
(observable bx change, not a cure but practical results)
Question : Technological
CORRECT ANSWER : described in detail to enable
others to replicate the procedure (task analysis)
Question : Conceptually Systematic
CORRECT ANSWER : procedures derived from basic
bx principles, (based on literature) concept=idea, theory; system=process
Question : Generality
CORRECT ANSWER : results last across people, places,
& time