BCBA Exam Questions With Accurate
Solutions
Jesse's teacher says that he keeps acting out in class. The teacher approaches the
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behavior analyst and explains that Jesse's behavior is likely the result of his diet,
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that he eats way too much sugar and processed foods, causing problem
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behaviors. As a behavior analyst, which attitude of science must be considered in
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this scenario?
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A)Parsimony.B)Philosophic doubt.C)Empiricism.D)Determinism - CORRECT | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-A. Parsimony means that the simplest, most logical explanations| | | | | | | | |
must be ruled out before more complex explanations are considered. In this
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example, the teacher should rule out other variables that could be responsible for
| | | | | | | | | | | |
the problem behavior before making the assumption that something more
| | | | | | | | | | |
complex is responsible for controlling the behavior. "Philosophic doubt" is
| | | | | | | | | |
continually questioning the truthfulness of scientific knowledge. "Determinism" is
| | | | | | | |
the assumption that the universe is lawful and orderly. "Empiricism" is the
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
objective observation of the phenomena of interest.
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Louis is designing an intervention for his client. He makes sure that the
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techniques making up the intervention are completely identified and described,
| | | | | | | | | |
so that other ABA practitioners may replicate his intervention. Which dimension
| | | | | | | | | | |
of behavior analysis (according to Baer, Wolf, & Risley, 1968) is described in this
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scenario? A)GeneralityB)EffectiveC)BehavioralD)Technological - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-D. The technological dimension of ABA means that the techniques| | | | | | | | | |
making up a particular behavioral application are completely identified and
| | | | | | | | | |
described. This means that behavior analysts should write their interventions
| | | | | | | | | |
clearly and concisely so that other ABA practitioners can replicate their
| | | | | | | | | | |
intervention.
,This approach to psychology restricts the science of psychology to only those
| | | | | | | | | | | |
independent and dependent variables that two independent people can directly
| | | | | | | | | |
observe:
A)Radical Behaviorism B)Experimental Analysis of BehaviorC)Applied Behavior
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AnalysisD)Methodological Behaviorism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D. | | | | |
Methodological behaviorism is the approach to psychology restricts the science of
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|psychology to only those independent and dependent variables that two
| | | | | | | | | |
independent people can directly observe. Radical behaviorism is incorrect
| | | | | | | | |
because it includes thoughts and feelings (methodological behaviorism does not).
| | | | | | | | |
|Applied behavior analysis is the science in which tactics derived from the
| | | | | | | | | | | |
principles of behavior are systematically to improve socially significant behavior
| | | | | | | | | |
and experimentation is used to identify the variables responsible for behavior
| | | | | | | | | | |
change. Experimental analysis of behavior focuses on analyzing the basic
| | | | | | | | | |
principles that explain behavior. | | |
This philosophical assumption of science states that scientific knowledge is built
| | | | | | | | | | |
on the practice of objective observation of the phenomena of interest:
| | | | | | | | | |
A)Parsimony.B)Empiricism.C)Selectionism.D)Determinism. - CORRECT | | |
ANSWER✔✔-B. Empiricism means that we observe behaviors objectively and do
| | | | | | | | | |
not make any assumptions about why the behavior is occurring. "Determinism" is
| | | | | | | | | | |
incorrect because it is the general assumption that the entire universe is orderly
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
and that all phenomena occur as the result of some other event. "Parsimony" is
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
using the simplest and most logical explanations to explain why a behavior is
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
occurring. "Selectionism" is incorrect because it is the philosophical assumption
| | | | | | | | | |
that all behavior, in all living organisms, is the result of an interaction with the
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
environment.
Which explanation of behavior would most likely be made by a radical behavior
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analyst?
,A)Jimmy gets frustrated when the other children don't play with him.B)Jimmy
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runs around the classroom because he eats too much sugar at breakfast time.
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C)Jimmy enjoys reading over math because he engages in fewer problem
| | | | | | | | | | |
behaviors during reading time. D)Jimmy's environment does not provide enough
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reinforcement and he engages in the problem behavior to receive attention. - | | | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D. This is the most correct choice for the explanation of
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behavior from the perspective of a radical behavior analyst.
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Jerry is a behavior analyst who is a veteran in the field of ABA. He has been using
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
a procedure to teach his clients how to wash their hands for the past 20 years.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Mallory is a recently certified behavior analyst who discovered a more beneficial
| | | | | | | | | | | |
way to teach clients how to wash their hands. Even though Jerry has been using
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
the same method to teach hand washing for the past 20 years, he starts using
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Mallory's strategy instead because the data show it is more effective. What
| | | | | | | | | | | |
attitude of science does this describe? | | | | |
A)DeterminismB)ParsimonyC)EmpiricismD)Philosophic doubt - CORRECT | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-D. Philosophic doubt means that scientists are willing to set aside | | | | | | | | | | |
their beliefs and strategies when an experiment scientifically proves that a better
| | | | | | | | | | | |
strategy is available. "Determinism" is incorrect since this refers to the belief that
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
behavior is lawful and will remain unchanged if nothing in the environment
| | | | | | | | | | | |
changes. "Parsimony" is incorrect since this means that scientists explain
| | | | | | | | | |
phenomena with the easiest explanation available. "Empiricism" is incorrect since
| | | | | | | | |
this refers to the idea that scientists should remain unbiased and objective during
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
experiments.
|
Which explanation of behavior would a behavior analyst most likely use to
| | | | | | | | | | | |
describe why a student is physically aggressive towards his teacher?
| | | | | | | | |
A)"He hits his teacher because he likes getting out of math assignments."B)"He
| | | | | | | | | | | |
hits his teacher because in the past it has resulted in him not having to complete
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
his math assignment."C)"He hits his teacher because he is diagnosed with
| | | | | | | | | | |
, dyslexia which makes math more difficult for him compared to his typically-
| | | | | | | | | | |
developing peers."D)"He hits his teacher because he knows he will get out of
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
having to do his math assignment." - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B. This is the least
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
mentalistic of all the answer choices. "He knows" and "He likes" are mentalistic
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
terms. Blaming it on an inner-identity or diagnosis involves circular reasoning and
| | | | | | | | | | | |
is mentalistic.
|
A behavior analyst is writing a treatment program for a client to learn how to use
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a city bus route. This particular client, however, lives in a rural area with limited
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access to the city busses. Which dimension of applied behavior analysis did the
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analyst fail to consider?| | |
A)AppliedB)GeneralityC)Technological D)Conceptual Systems - CORRECT | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-A. Because this client lives in a rural area with limited access to the
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city bus route, teaching the client to ride the bus will have little impact on their
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life. The "Effective" dimension of ABA means that procedures developed by
| | | | | | | | | | |
behavior analysts must aim to cause a meaningful effect in the client's life.
| | | | | | | | | | | |
This approach to psychology considers private events as behavior:
| | | | | | | |
A)Mentalism.B)Pragmatism. C)Methodological Behaviorism.D)Radical | | |
Behaviorism. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D. Radical Behaviorism is an approach to
| | | | | | | | | |
psychology that addresses everything in terms of the principles of behavior
| | | | | | | | | | |
(including private events). This differs from methodological behaviorists that do
| | | | | | | | | |
not consider private events or feelings to be behavior.
| | | | | | | |
Lexi says, "It never fails. Whenever there is a full moon, people start acting
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weird." However, Lexi has no data to support her theory. Which scientific analysis
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is Lexi using?
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A)A Descriptive AnalysisB)A Hypothetical AnalysisC)An Experimental AnalysisD)A
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Correlational Analysis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B. A hypothetical analysis is simply
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Solutions
Jesse's teacher says that he keeps acting out in class. The teacher approaches the
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
behavior analyst and explains that Jesse's behavior is likely the result of his diet,
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
that he eats way too much sugar and processed foods, causing problem
| | | | | | | | | | | |
behaviors. As a behavior analyst, which attitude of science must be considered in
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
this scenario?
|
A)Parsimony.B)Philosophic doubt.C)Empiricism.D)Determinism - CORRECT | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-A. Parsimony means that the simplest, most logical explanations| | | | | | | | |
must be ruled out before more complex explanations are considered. In this
| | | | | | | | | | | |
example, the teacher should rule out other variables that could be responsible for
| | | | | | | | | | | |
the problem behavior before making the assumption that something more
| | | | | | | | | | |
complex is responsible for controlling the behavior. "Philosophic doubt" is
| | | | | | | | | |
continually questioning the truthfulness of scientific knowledge. "Determinism" is
| | | | | | | |
the assumption that the universe is lawful and orderly. "Empiricism" is the
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
objective observation of the phenomena of interest.
| | | | | |
Louis is designing an intervention for his client. He makes sure that the
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
techniques making up the intervention are completely identified and described,
| | | | | | | | | |
so that other ABA practitioners may replicate his intervention. Which dimension
| | | | | | | | | | |
of behavior analysis (according to Baer, Wolf, & Risley, 1968) is described in this
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
scenario? A)GeneralityB)EffectiveC)BehavioralD)Technological - CORRECT
| | | |
ANSWER✔✔-D. The technological dimension of ABA means that the techniques| | | | | | | | | |
making up a particular behavioral application are completely identified and
| | | | | | | | | |
described. This means that behavior analysts should write their interventions
| | | | | | | | | |
clearly and concisely so that other ABA practitioners can replicate their
| | | | | | | | | | |
intervention.
,This approach to psychology restricts the science of psychology to only those
| | | | | | | | | | | |
independent and dependent variables that two independent people can directly
| | | | | | | | | |
observe:
A)Radical Behaviorism B)Experimental Analysis of BehaviorC)Applied Behavior
| | | | | | |
AnalysisD)Methodological Behaviorism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D. | | | | |
Methodological behaviorism is the approach to psychology restricts the science of
| | | | | | | | | |
|psychology to only those independent and dependent variables that two
| | | | | | | | | |
independent people can directly observe. Radical behaviorism is incorrect
| | | | | | | | |
because it includes thoughts and feelings (methodological behaviorism does not).
| | | | | | | | |
|Applied behavior analysis is the science in which tactics derived from the
| | | | | | | | | | | |
principles of behavior are systematically to improve socially significant behavior
| | | | | | | | | |
and experimentation is used to identify the variables responsible for behavior
| | | | | | | | | | |
change. Experimental analysis of behavior focuses on analyzing the basic
| | | | | | | | | |
principles that explain behavior. | | |
This philosophical assumption of science states that scientific knowledge is built
| | | | | | | | | | |
on the practice of objective observation of the phenomena of interest:
| | | | | | | | | |
A)Parsimony.B)Empiricism.C)Selectionism.D)Determinism. - CORRECT | | |
ANSWER✔✔-B. Empiricism means that we observe behaviors objectively and do
| | | | | | | | | |
not make any assumptions about why the behavior is occurring. "Determinism" is
| | | | | | | | | | |
incorrect because it is the general assumption that the entire universe is orderly
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
and that all phenomena occur as the result of some other event. "Parsimony" is
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
using the simplest and most logical explanations to explain why a behavior is
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
occurring. "Selectionism" is incorrect because it is the philosophical assumption
| | | | | | | | | |
that all behavior, in all living organisms, is the result of an interaction with the
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
environment.
Which explanation of behavior would most likely be made by a radical behavior
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
analyst?
,A)Jimmy gets frustrated when the other children don't play with him.B)Jimmy
| | | | | | | | | | |
runs around the classroom because he eats too much sugar at breakfast time.
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
C)Jimmy enjoys reading over math because he engages in fewer problem
| | | | | | | | | | |
behaviors during reading time. D)Jimmy's environment does not provide enough
| | | | | | | | | |
reinforcement and he engages in the problem behavior to receive attention. - | | | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D. This is the most correct choice for the explanation of
| | | | | | | | | | | |
behavior from the perspective of a radical behavior analyst.
| | | | | | | |
Jerry is a behavior analyst who is a veteran in the field of ABA. He has been using
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
a procedure to teach his clients how to wash their hands for the past 20 years.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Mallory is a recently certified behavior analyst who discovered a more beneficial
| | | | | | | | | | | |
way to teach clients how to wash their hands. Even though Jerry has been using
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
the same method to teach hand washing for the past 20 years, he starts using
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Mallory's strategy instead because the data show it is more effective. What
| | | | | | | | | | | |
attitude of science does this describe? | | | | |
A)DeterminismB)ParsimonyC)EmpiricismD)Philosophic doubt - CORRECT | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-D. Philosophic doubt means that scientists are willing to set aside | | | | | | | | | | |
their beliefs and strategies when an experiment scientifically proves that a better
| | | | | | | | | | | |
strategy is available. "Determinism" is incorrect since this refers to the belief that
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
behavior is lawful and will remain unchanged if nothing in the environment
| | | | | | | | | | | |
changes. "Parsimony" is incorrect since this means that scientists explain
| | | | | | | | | |
phenomena with the easiest explanation available. "Empiricism" is incorrect since
| | | | | | | | |
this refers to the idea that scientists should remain unbiased and objective during
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
experiments.
|
Which explanation of behavior would a behavior analyst most likely use to
| | | | | | | | | | | |
describe why a student is physically aggressive towards his teacher?
| | | | | | | | |
A)"He hits his teacher because he likes getting out of math assignments."B)"He
| | | | | | | | | | | |
hits his teacher because in the past it has resulted in him not having to complete
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
his math assignment."C)"He hits his teacher because he is diagnosed with
| | | | | | | | | | |
, dyslexia which makes math more difficult for him compared to his typically-
| | | | | | | | | | |
developing peers."D)"He hits his teacher because he knows he will get out of
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
having to do his math assignment." - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B. This is the least
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
mentalistic of all the answer choices. "He knows" and "He likes" are mentalistic
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
terms. Blaming it on an inner-identity or diagnosis involves circular reasoning and
| | | | | | | | | | | |
is mentalistic.
|
A behavior analyst is writing a treatment program for a client to learn how to use
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
a city bus route. This particular client, however, lives in a rural area with limited
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
access to the city busses. Which dimension of applied behavior analysis did the
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
analyst fail to consider?| | |
A)AppliedB)GeneralityC)Technological D)Conceptual Systems - CORRECT | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-A. Because this client lives in a rural area with limited access to the
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
city bus route, teaching the client to ride the bus will have little impact on their
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
life. The "Effective" dimension of ABA means that procedures developed by
| | | | | | | | | | |
behavior analysts must aim to cause a meaningful effect in the client's life.
| | | | | | | | | | | |
This approach to psychology considers private events as behavior:
| | | | | | | |
A)Mentalism.B)Pragmatism. C)Methodological Behaviorism.D)Radical | | |
Behaviorism. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D. Radical Behaviorism is an approach to
| | | | | | | | | |
psychology that addresses everything in terms of the principles of behavior
| | | | | | | | | | |
(including private events). This differs from methodological behaviorists that do
| | | | | | | | | |
not consider private events or feelings to be behavior.
| | | | | | | |
Lexi says, "It never fails. Whenever there is a full moon, people start acting
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
weird." However, Lexi has no data to support her theory. Which scientific analysis
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
is Lexi using?
| |
A)A Descriptive AnalysisB)A Hypothetical AnalysisC)An Experimental AnalysisD)A
| | | | | | |
Correlational Analysis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B. A hypothetical analysis is simply
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