BCBA EXAM STUDYING (Concepts & Principles) 32 Questions What living organisms say or do; implies action How people think, feel, and what they say Larger set/class of responses that share physical dimensions/functions
Example: Study behavior; hand-flapping; thinking about an
old boyfriend - Correct Answers ✅Behavior A single instance of behavior Measurable unit of analysis in the science of behavior analysis - Correct Answers ✅Response
Behavior: Hand flapping
Response: A single hand flap - Correct Answers ✅Behavior
vs. Response A group of behaviors that comprise an operant/have the same function - Correct Answers ✅Response Class An instance of behavior that initially is spontaneous, but whose consequences will modify the behavior in the future.LEARNED behavior - A verbal operant is a learned behavior 1 / 4
BCBA EXAM STUDYING (Concepts & Principles) 32 Questions Response-consequence relationship Similar behaviors that are strengthened or weakened collectively as a result of operant conditioning
Example: Your exam prep behaviors (flash cards, study
manual, mock exams), they look different, but they all prepare you for the big exam! - Correct Answers ✅Operant All of the behaviors that you can do and a collection of skills you have learned that are related to a specific task or specific setting
Example: Language skills; everyday routines; practicing ABA;
cooking - Correct Answers ✅Repertoire An elaborate and always changing universe of events In ABA, refers to stimulus conditions that are internal and external to the individual Behavior can't occur without this - Correct Answers ✅Environment Physical events that effect the behavior of an individual External or internal 2 / 4
BCBA EXAM STUDYING (Concepts & Principles) 32 Questions
Example: Muscle spasms; bright light; loud noise; person
present - Correct Answers ✅Stimulus Receive stimulation from joints, tendons, muscles, etc., needed for posture, balance, and movement (i.e. internal events)
Example: After you get off a rollercoaster, you feel dizzy -
Correct Answers ✅Proprioceptors Receive stimulation from organs (i.e. internal events)
Example: Headache, hunger pains - Correct Answers
✅Interceptors Your 5 senses (i.e. hearing, seeing, touching, smelling, and tasting). Most often studied by behavior analysts
Example: Smelling smoke, smelling fire, tasting BBQ -
Correct Answers ✅Exteroceptors A group of antecedent or simultaneous stimuli that have a common effect on operant class 3 / 4
BCBA EXAM STUDYING (Concepts & Principles) 32 Questions Group members of stimulus class tend to evoke or abate the behavior or response class; yet may vary across physical dimensions - Correct Answers ✅Stimulus Class Stimuli that share similar PHYSICAL features (i.e.topographies)
Example: Size; color; intensity; weight; spatial positions in
relation to other objects (prepositions (e.g. on top of the TV, to the left of the TV) - Correct Answers ✅Formal Stimulus Class Refers to time
Antecedents: stimulus change that exists or occur before a
behavior of interest. Important for learning and motivation
Consequences: stimulus changes that occur after a behavior
of interest. Important for future behaviors Antecendent and consequent stimuli determine what's learned - Correct Answers ✅Temporal Stimulus Class The effect of the stimulus on the behavior Stimulus changes that are defined by a functional analysis of their effects on behavior A single stimulus can have multiple functions Can have an immediate, yet temporary effect on behavior (e.g. a sour tasting glass of milk may cause you to stop
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