BEH 5042 FINAL PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
What is the focus of EAB?
Establishing the basic principles of behavior and analyzing the controlling variables of an
individual organism's behavior
What is the focus of ABA?
Developing new procedures and experimentally validating them
What is the focus of translational behavior analysis?
A fluid movement of discovery between the domains of behavior analysis
What is the focus of conceptual analysis of behavior?
Analyzing all philosophical foundations of behavior analysis, seeking to understand the
environmental and genetic controlling variables of human behavior
What is behaviorism?
A theory of behavior consisting of several interrelated ideas
Who is behaviorism derived from?
John Watson
What is the goal of methodological behaviorism?
To reconcile mentalism and behaviorism
What is radical behaviorism?
The underpinning philosophy of behavior analysis
What are the seven dimensions of ABA?
Applied
Behavioral
Analytic
Technological
Conceptually Systematic
Effective
Generality
What is the focus of the applied dimension of ABA?
Socially significant human behavior
,What is the focus of the behavioral dimension of ABA?
Behavior in its own right as a target for change
What is required from the analytic dimension of ABA?
Demonstration of a functional relation through systematic manipulations
What is required from the technological dimension of ABA?
Clear and complete descriptions that can be understood by others
What is required from the conceptually systematic dimension of ABA?
Procedures must be related to the basic principles of behavior
What is required from the effective dimension of ABA?
Behavior must change in the intended direction and to a practical degree
What is required from the generality dimension of ABA?
Intervention effects must maintain and spread to other situations or behaviors
What does behavioral technology refer to?
Assessment and behavior change procedures
What ties together EAB, ABA, and translational behavior analysis?
Conceptual Analysis of Behavior
What are the four domains of behavior analysis?
EAB
ABA Research
ABA Practice
Conceptual Analysis of Behavior
What does ABA practice refer to?
Professional practice guided by the science of behavior analysis
What are the methodologies of EAB?
1. Direct, repeated measurement of behavior
2. Rate of response as the basic datum
3. Visual inference (graphing)
4. Within-subject comparisons
What are ontological assumptions concerned with?
The nature of being and existence whether immaterial or material
, Epistemological assumptions are how we come to know about .... ?
Truth
The universe
Our world
Humankind
This statement represents which belief?
"The world as we know it is immaterial as is consists of the ideas that we construct in our
minds"
Idealism
This statement represents which belief?
"The world is made of real material things that exist independently of ourselves, our minds, or
anything else"
Materialism
This statement represents which belief?
"It is possible to know about the world through the exercise of rational thought"
Rationalism
This statement represents which belief?
"It is possible to know about the world through our experiences with it"
Empiricism
A rationalist believes that truth can be known through ... ?
Deductive reasoning
An empiricist believes that truth can be known through ... ?
Inductive reasoning
This statement represents which belief?
"All of reality is composed of a singular thing, be it mind or spirit"
Idealistic Monism
This statement represents which belief?
"The mind does not exist. Everything is physical, body, and behavior."
Materialistic Monism
This statement represents which belief?
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
What is the focus of EAB?
Establishing the basic principles of behavior and analyzing the controlling variables of an
individual organism's behavior
What is the focus of ABA?
Developing new procedures and experimentally validating them
What is the focus of translational behavior analysis?
A fluid movement of discovery between the domains of behavior analysis
What is the focus of conceptual analysis of behavior?
Analyzing all philosophical foundations of behavior analysis, seeking to understand the
environmental and genetic controlling variables of human behavior
What is behaviorism?
A theory of behavior consisting of several interrelated ideas
Who is behaviorism derived from?
John Watson
What is the goal of methodological behaviorism?
To reconcile mentalism and behaviorism
What is radical behaviorism?
The underpinning philosophy of behavior analysis
What are the seven dimensions of ABA?
Applied
Behavioral
Analytic
Technological
Conceptually Systematic
Effective
Generality
What is the focus of the applied dimension of ABA?
Socially significant human behavior
,What is the focus of the behavioral dimension of ABA?
Behavior in its own right as a target for change
What is required from the analytic dimension of ABA?
Demonstration of a functional relation through systematic manipulations
What is required from the technological dimension of ABA?
Clear and complete descriptions that can be understood by others
What is required from the conceptually systematic dimension of ABA?
Procedures must be related to the basic principles of behavior
What is required from the effective dimension of ABA?
Behavior must change in the intended direction and to a practical degree
What is required from the generality dimension of ABA?
Intervention effects must maintain and spread to other situations or behaviors
What does behavioral technology refer to?
Assessment and behavior change procedures
What ties together EAB, ABA, and translational behavior analysis?
Conceptual Analysis of Behavior
What are the four domains of behavior analysis?
EAB
ABA Research
ABA Practice
Conceptual Analysis of Behavior
What does ABA practice refer to?
Professional practice guided by the science of behavior analysis
What are the methodologies of EAB?
1. Direct, repeated measurement of behavior
2. Rate of response as the basic datum
3. Visual inference (graphing)
4. Within-subject comparisons
What are ontological assumptions concerned with?
The nature of being and existence whether immaterial or material
, Epistemological assumptions are how we come to know about .... ?
Truth
The universe
Our world
Humankind
This statement represents which belief?
"The world as we know it is immaterial as is consists of the ideas that we construct in our
minds"
Idealism
This statement represents which belief?
"The world is made of real material things that exist independently of ourselves, our minds, or
anything else"
Materialism
This statement represents which belief?
"It is possible to know about the world through the exercise of rational thought"
Rationalism
This statement represents which belief?
"It is possible to know about the world through our experiences with it"
Empiricism
A rationalist believes that truth can be known through ... ?
Deductive reasoning
An empiricist believes that truth can be known through ... ?
Inductive reasoning
This statement represents which belief?
"All of reality is composed of a singular thing, be it mind or spirit"
Idealistic Monism
This statement represents which belief?
"The mind does not exist. Everything is physical, body, and behavior."
Materialistic Monism
This statement represents which belief?
