Mock BCBA EXAM #1
Determinism Answer- Cause and Effect, Lawfulness: If/Then statements. The world is orderly and predicable.
Latency Answer- The time between an SD and the response: "Bryson get your shoes on (SD) - Bryson initiating
getting his shoes on" The time from a reinforcer to the next response is a latency and not an IRT, even if the
reinforcer is response-produced.
Inner Response Time Answer- The time from the start of one response (behavior) to the start of the next
response (behavior). The time between two responses.
3 Branches of Behavior Analysis Answer- 1) Behaviorism 2) Experimental Analysis of Behavior 3) Applied
Behavior Analysis
Behaviorism Answer- Behaviorism is the philosophy and theory of behavioral science, widely recognized due to
the work of John B. Watson. Behaviorism was the predominate model in psychology from the early to mid
1900's and is based on the principle that psychology should be seen as a science. He argued that behavior is
observable and should be objectively and scientifically measured. Watson was primarily concerned with the
relationship between observable behaviors and environmental events rather than on internal processes.
Experimental Analysis of Behavior (EAB) Answer- the intensive study, under controlled conditions, of how
environmental stimuli and consequences regulate an individual organism's behavior.This is operant behavior,
behavior that is based on the consequences of that behavior. The creation of EAB showed that the
environment creates learned behaviors and has a functional relation. It also allowed scientists to manipulate
the environment in order to increase or decrease an operant behavior. The theory of EAB was a result Skinners
findings of the S-R-S model or three-term contingency.
ABA Answer- Applied Behavior Analysis is a scientific-based field of study that uses behaviorism as its
philosophy and aims to improve socially significant behaviors through experimentation. ABA is an applied
, science that develops methods of changing behavior, and also, a profession that provides services to meet
diverse behavioral needs.
resistance to extinction Answer- Behavior that continues responding during the implementation of an
extinction procedure.
Ordinate Answer- y-axis on a graph, Vertical
abscissa Answer- x-axis (horizontal)
Exclusionary Time out Answer- Individual removed from space.
3 Types: (RPH)
1. Room/Time-Out Room
2. Partition Time-Out
3. Hallway Time-Out
Permant product recording Answer- Recording tangible items or environmental effects that result from a
behavior, for example, written academic work (also called outcome recording).
DRL Answer- Differential Reinforcement of Low Rates of Behaviors. Reinforcement schedule that is used to
decrease the rate of behaviors that occur too frequently but should be maintained in the learner's repertoire
DRH Answer- Differential Reinforcement of High Rates of Behaviors. Reinforcer is delivered for more than a
fixed number of responses in a time period -or- Reinforcer is delivered after an IRT less than some criterion
amount of time. Used to increase behavior. A particular reinforcement schedule in which reinforcement is
delivered for rates of responding ABOVE a specified predetermined criterion (based on the individual's
performance in previous intervals). (e.g., more than three responses per 5 minutes).
Discontinuous Measurement Answer- measurement conducted in a manner such that some instances of the
Determinism Answer- Cause and Effect, Lawfulness: If/Then statements. The world is orderly and predicable.
Latency Answer- The time between an SD and the response: "Bryson get your shoes on (SD) - Bryson initiating
getting his shoes on" The time from a reinforcer to the next response is a latency and not an IRT, even if the
reinforcer is response-produced.
Inner Response Time Answer- The time from the start of one response (behavior) to the start of the next
response (behavior). The time between two responses.
3 Branches of Behavior Analysis Answer- 1) Behaviorism 2) Experimental Analysis of Behavior 3) Applied
Behavior Analysis
Behaviorism Answer- Behaviorism is the philosophy and theory of behavioral science, widely recognized due to
the work of John B. Watson. Behaviorism was the predominate model in psychology from the early to mid
1900's and is based on the principle that psychology should be seen as a science. He argued that behavior is
observable and should be objectively and scientifically measured. Watson was primarily concerned with the
relationship between observable behaviors and environmental events rather than on internal processes.
Experimental Analysis of Behavior (EAB) Answer- the intensive study, under controlled conditions, of how
environmental stimuli and consequences regulate an individual organism's behavior.This is operant behavior,
behavior that is based on the consequences of that behavior. The creation of EAB showed that the
environment creates learned behaviors and has a functional relation. It also allowed scientists to manipulate
the environment in order to increase or decrease an operant behavior. The theory of EAB was a result Skinners
findings of the S-R-S model or three-term contingency.
ABA Answer- Applied Behavior Analysis is a scientific-based field of study that uses behaviorism as its
philosophy and aims to improve socially significant behaviors through experimentation. ABA is an applied
, science that develops methods of changing behavior, and also, a profession that provides services to meet
diverse behavioral needs.
resistance to extinction Answer- Behavior that continues responding during the implementation of an
extinction procedure.
Ordinate Answer- y-axis on a graph, Vertical
abscissa Answer- x-axis (horizontal)
Exclusionary Time out Answer- Individual removed from space.
3 Types: (RPH)
1. Room/Time-Out Room
2. Partition Time-Out
3. Hallway Time-Out
Permant product recording Answer- Recording tangible items or environmental effects that result from a
behavior, for example, written academic work (also called outcome recording).
DRL Answer- Differential Reinforcement of Low Rates of Behaviors. Reinforcement schedule that is used to
decrease the rate of behaviors that occur too frequently but should be maintained in the learner's repertoire
DRH Answer- Differential Reinforcement of High Rates of Behaviors. Reinforcer is delivered for more than a
fixed number of responses in a time period -or- Reinforcer is delivered after an IRT less than some criterion
amount of time. Used to increase behavior. A particular reinforcement schedule in which reinforcement is
delivered for rates of responding ABOVE a specified predetermined criterion (based on the individual's
performance in previous intervals). (e.g., more than three responses per 5 minutes).
Discontinuous Measurement Answer- measurement conducted in a manner such that some instances of the
