General BCBA Exam Questions with Complete Solutions A behavior analyst has implemented a behavior support plan that includes extinction, DRA, and a mild punisher (firmly saying "no"). The behavior support plan is effective in reducing the child's aggressive behavior. The behavior analyst is uncertain which intervention(s) is producing the behavior reduction. What could the behavior analyst do to determine which of the interventions is effecting the behavior? - Correct Answers ✅conduct a component analysis A behavior analyst is attempting to determine the most effective amount of attention to use as a reinforcer for a school child. After a baseline with no praise contingent on completing a math problem, treatment is implemented which involves 10 seconds of praise, 20 seconds of praise, or 5 seconds of praise. This type of analysis is called a _____ - Correct Answers ✅parametric analysis A behavior that has sudden and dramatic consequences that extend well beyond the idiosyncratic change itself because it exposes the person to new environments, reinforcers, contingencies, responses, and stimulus controls is called _____ - Correct Answers ✅behavioral cusp A behavior that is elicited by antecedent stimuli and is "brought about" by a stimulus that precedes it is _____ - Correct Answers ✅respondent 1 / 3
General BCBA Exam Questions with Complete Solutions A consequence that, when given contingent on the occurrence of a behavior, decreases the likelihood of the behavior occurring in the future - Correct Answers ✅positive punishment A contingency contract - Correct Answers ✅specifies how two people will behavior towards each other A guiding principle for promoting generalized behavior change includes - Correct Answers ✅involving significant others, choosing both the least intrusive and least costly tactics, and contriving intervention tactics as needed A limitation of descriptive analysis is - Correct Answers ✅it can be misleading, as environmental variables that occur close to the behavior may not be causally related to the behavior A motivating operation that decreases the reinforcing effectiveness of a stimulus, object or event is called a(n) _____
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A motivating operation whose value-altering effect does not depend on a learning history is called a(n) _____ - Correct Answers ✅unconditioned motivating operation 2 / 3
General BCBA Exam Questions with Complete Solutions A philosophical position that views behavioral events that cannot be publicly observed as outside of the realm of science is called _____ - Correct Answers ✅methodological behaviorism A previously neutral stimulus that now functions as a punisher because of prior pairing with one or more punishers is called a _____ - Correct Answers ✅conditioned punisher A relation between the stimulus and response or response product that occurs when the beginning, middle, and end for the verbal stimulus matches the beginning, middle, and end of the verbal response is called - Correct Answers ✅point- to-point correspondence A situation in which the frequency, latency, duration or amplitude of a behavior is altered by the presence or absence of an antecedent stimulus is called _____ - Correct Answers ✅stimulus control A stimulus change that does not elicit respondent behavior is ______ - Correct Answers ✅neutral stimulus A stimulus that acquires its MO effect by being paired with another MO and has the same value-altering and behavior- altering effects as the MO with which it was paired is called a(n) _____ - Correct Answers ✅surrogate conditioned MO
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