ABA 624 MIDTERM CERTIFICATION
SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ Goal of Behavior Analysis.
Answer: Predict behavior and influence behavior (ethically, often positively)
◍ Determinism.
Answer: Behavior is lawful and caused by environmental variables (NOT
mentalistic explanations)
◍ Evidence-Based Practice.
Answer: A strategy, intervention, treatment, or teaching program that has
been supported by rigorous peer review and scientific research,
demonstrating that it is effective and reliable.
◍ Philosophical Doubt.
Answer: The attitude of constant questioning and skepticism toward claims
or knowledge.
◍ Parsimony.
Answer: The principle that the simplest explanation that adequately explains
behavior should be preferred.
◍ Determinism.
Answer: The assumption that the world is lawful and orderly, meaning
events occur for identifiable reasons and follow natural laws.
◍ Replication.
Answer: The repeated demonstration of findings across multiple studies or
experiments.
◍ Empiricism.
, Answer: Knowledge comes from observation/measurement
◍ Empiricism.
Answer: The practice of objective observation and measurement of
phenomena.
◍ Experimentation.
Answer: The systematic manipulation of variables to demonstrate functional
relationships.
◍ Scientific method.
Answer: Valid (behavior = natural science like physics)
◍ António Caetano Egas Moniz.
Answer: A neurologist who invented the lobotomy, a surgical procedure that
severed connections in the frontal lobes of the brain.
◍ Ivan Pavlov.
Answer: A physiologist who introduced classical conditioning.
◍ B.
F. Skinner.
Answer: A psychologist who introduced operant conditioning and developed
behavior analysis.
◍ Free will or personality.
Answer: NOT behavior analysis
◍ Frequency.
Answer: How often (e.g., 10 times)
◍ Radical Behaviorism.
Answer: A philosophical approach developed by B.F. Skinner that attempts
to explain all behavior, including private events such as thoughts and
feelings.
◍ Latency.
Answer: Time from stimulus → response
SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ Goal of Behavior Analysis.
Answer: Predict behavior and influence behavior (ethically, often positively)
◍ Determinism.
Answer: Behavior is lawful and caused by environmental variables (NOT
mentalistic explanations)
◍ Evidence-Based Practice.
Answer: A strategy, intervention, treatment, or teaching program that has
been supported by rigorous peer review and scientific research,
demonstrating that it is effective and reliable.
◍ Philosophical Doubt.
Answer: The attitude of constant questioning and skepticism toward claims
or knowledge.
◍ Parsimony.
Answer: The principle that the simplest explanation that adequately explains
behavior should be preferred.
◍ Determinism.
Answer: The assumption that the world is lawful and orderly, meaning
events occur for identifiable reasons and follow natural laws.
◍ Replication.
Answer: The repeated demonstration of findings across multiple studies or
experiments.
◍ Empiricism.
, Answer: Knowledge comes from observation/measurement
◍ Empiricism.
Answer: The practice of objective observation and measurement of
phenomena.
◍ Experimentation.
Answer: The systematic manipulation of variables to demonstrate functional
relationships.
◍ Scientific method.
Answer: Valid (behavior = natural science like physics)
◍ António Caetano Egas Moniz.
Answer: A neurologist who invented the lobotomy, a surgical procedure that
severed connections in the frontal lobes of the brain.
◍ Ivan Pavlov.
Answer: A physiologist who introduced classical conditioning.
◍ B.
F. Skinner.
Answer: A psychologist who introduced operant conditioning and developed
behavior analysis.
◍ Free will or personality.
Answer: NOT behavior analysis
◍ Frequency.
Answer: How often (e.g., 10 times)
◍ Radical Behaviorism.
Answer: A philosophical approach developed by B.F. Skinner that attempts
to explain all behavior, including private events such as thoughts and
feelings.
◍ Latency.
Answer: Time from stimulus → response
