BCBA Exam Cooper definitions Questions
With Correct Answers
A-B design - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A two-phase experimental design consisting
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of a pre-treatment baseline condition followed by a treatment condition.
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A-B-A design - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A three-phase experimental design
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consisting of an initial baseline phase until steady state responding (or counter-
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therapeutic trend) is obtained, an intervention phase in which the treatment
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condition is implemented until the behavior has changed and steady state
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responding is obtained, and a return to baseline conditions by withdrawing the
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independent variable to see whether responding "reverses" to levels observed in
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the initial baseline phase.
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Reversal/Withdrawl Design (A-B-A-B design) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An | | | | | | |
experimental design consisting of an initial baseline phase until steady state
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responding (or counter-therapeutic trend) is obtained; an initial intervention
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phase in which the treatment variable is implemented until the behavior has
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changed and steady state responding is obtained; a return to baseline conditions
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by withdrawing the independent variable to see whether responding "reverses"
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to levels observed in the initial baseline phase; a second intervention phase to
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see whether initial treatment effects are replicated.
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abative effect - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A decrease in the current frequency of
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behavior that has been reinforced by the stimulus that is increased in reinforcing
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effectiveness by the same motivating operation. | | | | |
,abolishing operation (AO) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A motivating operation that
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decreases the reinforcing effectiveness of a stimulus, object, or event.
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accuracy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The extent to which observed values, the data
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produced by measuring an event, match the true state, or true values, of the
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event as it exists in nature.
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adjunctive behavior/schedule-induced behavior - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Behavior
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that occurs as a collateral effect of a schedule of periodic reinforcement for other
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behavior; time-filling or interim activities that are induced by schedules of
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reinforcement during times when reinforcement is unlikely to be delivered.
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affirmation of the consequent - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A three-step form of
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reasoning that begins with a true antecedent-consequent (if A-then B) statement
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and proceeds as follows: 1. If A is true, then B is true; 2. B is found to be true; 3.
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therefore A is true. Although other factors could be responsible for the
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truthfulness of A, a sound experiment affirms several if A-then B possibilities,
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each one reducing the likelihood of factors other than the independent variable
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being responsible for the observed changes in behavior.
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alternating treatments design/concurrent schedule design/multielement design -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An experimental design in which two or more conditions
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(one of which may be a no-treatment control condition) are presented in rapidly
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aternating succession independent of the level of responding; differences in
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responding between or among conditions are attributed to the effects of the
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conditions.
,multiple schedule design - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An experimental design in
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which two or more conditions are compared to baseline as well as each other.
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alternative schedule - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Provides reinforcement whenever
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the requirement of either a ratio schedule or an interval schedule - the basic
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schedules that makeup the alternative schedule - is met, regardless of which of
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the component schedule's requirements is met first.
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anecdotal observation/ABC recording - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A form of direct,
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continuous observation in which the observer records a descriptive, temporally
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sequenced account of all behavior(s) of interest and the antecedent conditions
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and consequences for those behaviors as those events occur in the client's
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natural environment.
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antecedent - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An environmental condition or stimulus
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change existing or occurring prior to a behavior of interest.
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antecedent intervention - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A behavior change strategy that
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manipulates contingency-independent antecedent stimuli.
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antecedent control - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A behavior change intervention that
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manipulates contingency dependent consequence event to affect stimulus
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control.
antecedent stimulus class - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A set of stimuli that share a
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common relationship and evoke the same operant behavior, or elicit the same
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respondent behavior. |
, applied behavior analysis (ABA) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The science in which
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tactics derived from the principles of behavior are applied to improve socially
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significant behavior and experimentation is used to identify the variables
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responsible for the improvement of behavior. | | | | |
arbitrary stimulus class - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Antecedent stimuli that evoke
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the same response but do not resemble each other in physical form or share a
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relational aspect such as a bigger or under.
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artifact - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An outcome or result that appears to exist
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because of the way it is measured but in fact does not correspond to what
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actually occurred. |
ascending baseline - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A data path that shows an increasing
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trend in the response measure over time.
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audience - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Anyone who functions as a discriminative
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stimulus evoking verbal behavior. Different ones may control different verbal
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behavior about the same topic because of a differential reinforcement history.
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automatic punishment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Punishment that occurs
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independent of the social mediation by others. (i.e. a response product serves as
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a punisher independent of the social environment.)
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With Correct Answers
A-B design - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A two-phase experimental design consisting
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of a pre-treatment baseline condition followed by a treatment condition.
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A-B-A design - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A three-phase experimental design
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consisting of an initial baseline phase until steady state responding (or counter-
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therapeutic trend) is obtained, an intervention phase in which the treatment
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condition is implemented until the behavior has changed and steady state
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responding is obtained, and a return to baseline conditions by withdrawing the
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independent variable to see whether responding "reverses" to levels observed in
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the initial baseline phase.
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Reversal/Withdrawl Design (A-B-A-B design) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An | | | | | | |
experimental design consisting of an initial baseline phase until steady state
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responding (or counter-therapeutic trend) is obtained; an initial intervention
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phase in which the treatment variable is implemented until the behavior has
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changed and steady state responding is obtained; a return to baseline conditions
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by withdrawing the independent variable to see whether responding "reverses"
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to levels observed in the initial baseline phase; a second intervention phase to
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see whether initial treatment effects are replicated.
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abative effect - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A decrease in the current frequency of
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behavior that has been reinforced by the stimulus that is increased in reinforcing
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effectiveness by the same motivating operation. | | | | |
,abolishing operation (AO) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A motivating operation that
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decreases the reinforcing effectiveness of a stimulus, object, or event.
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accuracy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The extent to which observed values, the data
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produced by measuring an event, match the true state, or true values, of the
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event as it exists in nature.
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adjunctive behavior/schedule-induced behavior - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Behavior
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that occurs as a collateral effect of a schedule of periodic reinforcement for other
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behavior; time-filling or interim activities that are induced by schedules of
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reinforcement during times when reinforcement is unlikely to be delivered.
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affirmation of the consequent - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A three-step form of
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reasoning that begins with a true antecedent-consequent (if A-then B) statement
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and proceeds as follows: 1. If A is true, then B is true; 2. B is found to be true; 3.
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therefore A is true. Although other factors could be responsible for the
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truthfulness of A, a sound experiment affirms several if A-then B possibilities,
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each one reducing the likelihood of factors other than the independent variable
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being responsible for the observed changes in behavior.
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alternating treatments design/concurrent schedule design/multielement design -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An experimental design in which two or more conditions
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(one of which may be a no-treatment control condition) are presented in rapidly
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aternating succession independent of the level of responding; differences in
| | | | | | | | | |
responding between or among conditions are attributed to the effects of the
| | | | | | | | | | | |
conditions.
,multiple schedule design - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An experimental design in
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which two or more conditions are compared to baseline as well as each other.
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alternative schedule - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Provides reinforcement whenever
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the requirement of either a ratio schedule or an interval schedule - the basic
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schedules that makeup the alternative schedule - is met, regardless of which of
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the component schedule's requirements is met first.
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anecdotal observation/ABC recording - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A form of direct,
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continuous observation in which the observer records a descriptive, temporally
| | | | | | | | | |
sequenced account of all behavior(s) of interest and the antecedent conditions
| | | | | | | | | | |
and consequences for those behaviors as those events occur in the client's
| | | | | | | | | | | |
natural environment.
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antecedent - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An environmental condition or stimulus
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change existing or occurring prior to a behavior of interest.
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antecedent intervention - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A behavior change strategy that
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manipulates contingency-independent antecedent stimuli.
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antecedent control - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A behavior change intervention that
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manipulates contingency dependent consequence event to affect stimulus
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control.
antecedent stimulus class - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A set of stimuli that share a
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common relationship and evoke the same operant behavior, or elicit the same
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respondent behavior. |
, applied behavior analysis (ABA) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The science in which
| | | | | | | | | |
tactics derived from the principles of behavior are applied to improve socially
| | | | | | | | | | | |
significant behavior and experimentation is used to identify the variables
| | | | | | | | | |
responsible for the improvement of behavior. | | | | |
arbitrary stimulus class - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Antecedent stimuli that evoke
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the same response but do not resemble each other in physical form or share a
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relational aspect such as a bigger or under.
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artifact - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An outcome or result that appears to exist
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because of the way it is measured but in fact does not correspond to what
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actually occurred. |
ascending baseline - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A data path that shows an increasing
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trend in the response measure over time.
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audience - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Anyone who functions as a discriminative
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stimulus evoking verbal behavior. Different ones may control different verbal
| | | | | | | | | |
behavior about the same topic because of a differential reinforcement history.
| | | | | | | | | |
automatic punishment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Punishment that occurs
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independent of the social mediation by others. (i.e. a response product serves as
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a punisher independent of the social environment.)
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