BCABA EXAM STUDY QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025-2026
Negative Practice CORRECT ANSWER repeating the offensive behavior to exhaustion.
Positive Practice CORRECT ANSWER repeating a more desirable alternate to the behavior
Determinism CORRECT ANSWER The universe is lawful; nothing happens willynilly
Empiricism CORRECT ANSWER Objective observation of the phenomena of interest
Effective CORRECT ANSWER Strong, socially important effects
Generality CORRECT ANSWER Behavior occurs in multiple settings, times, etc.
Technilogical CORRECT ANSWER Described well enough to be replicated by anyone
Analytic CORRECT ANSWER Functional relation between the IV and the DV
Conceptually Systematic CORRECT ANSWER
Intervention is identifiable and specific, not random
Applied CORRECT ANSWER About socially significant behavior
Behavioral CORRECT ANSWER Measurable and Observable
Replication CORRECT ANSWER The repeating of experiments
, Parsimony CORRECT ANSWER All simple, logical explanations are considered first
Experimentation CORRECT ANSWER The basic strategy of most sciences
Philosophic Doubt CORRECT ANSWER
Continually question the truthfulness of what is regarded as fact
Dependent Variable CORRECT ANSWER Variable measured to determine if it changes
Independent Variable CORRECT ANSWER The manipulated Variable; INtervention
Dependent Group Contingency CORRECT ANSWER
Reinforcement for all is dependent on one person; Hero contingency
Independent Group Contingency CORRECT ANSWER
Reinforcement for each person only depends on them individually meeting the criteria
Interdependent Group Contingency CORRECT ANSWER
All must meet criteria for all to access Reinforcement
Observer Drift CORRECT ANSWER Unintended change in the way an observer collects data
Reactivity CORRECT ANSWER
When behavior changes because it is being observed/measured
Procedural Fidelity/Treatment Integrity CORRECT ANSWER
Extent to which the IV is applied as planned with no unplanned variables
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025-2026
Negative Practice CORRECT ANSWER repeating the offensive behavior to exhaustion.
Positive Practice CORRECT ANSWER repeating a more desirable alternate to the behavior
Determinism CORRECT ANSWER The universe is lawful; nothing happens willynilly
Empiricism CORRECT ANSWER Objective observation of the phenomena of interest
Effective CORRECT ANSWER Strong, socially important effects
Generality CORRECT ANSWER Behavior occurs in multiple settings, times, etc.
Technilogical CORRECT ANSWER Described well enough to be replicated by anyone
Analytic CORRECT ANSWER Functional relation between the IV and the DV
Conceptually Systematic CORRECT ANSWER
Intervention is identifiable and specific, not random
Applied CORRECT ANSWER About socially significant behavior
Behavioral CORRECT ANSWER Measurable and Observable
Replication CORRECT ANSWER The repeating of experiments
, Parsimony CORRECT ANSWER All simple, logical explanations are considered first
Experimentation CORRECT ANSWER The basic strategy of most sciences
Philosophic Doubt CORRECT ANSWER
Continually question the truthfulness of what is regarded as fact
Dependent Variable CORRECT ANSWER Variable measured to determine if it changes
Independent Variable CORRECT ANSWER The manipulated Variable; INtervention
Dependent Group Contingency CORRECT ANSWER
Reinforcement for all is dependent on one person; Hero contingency
Independent Group Contingency CORRECT ANSWER
Reinforcement for each person only depends on them individually meeting the criteria
Interdependent Group Contingency CORRECT ANSWER
All must meet criteria for all to access Reinforcement
Observer Drift CORRECT ANSWER Unintended change in the way an observer collects data
Reactivity CORRECT ANSWER
When behavior changes because it is being observed/measured
Procedural Fidelity/Treatment Integrity CORRECT ANSWER
Extent to which the IV is applied as planned with no unplanned variables
