Philosophical Underpinnings

The phenomenon that occurs between unconditioned stimulus and elicited behavior is due to _______.

• Ontogeny

• Phylogeny

• Natural Selection

• Darwinian Selectionism

What is the phenomena under study in ABA?

• Functional Behavior

• Socially Important Behavior

• Operant Behavior

• Conditioned Behavior

What are the three levels of scientific understanding?

• Description, Prediction, Control

• Depiction, Prediction, Control

• Depiction, Proficient, Control

• Description, Proficient, Control

What is the highest level of scientific understanding?

• Description

• Prediction

• Control

• All of the above

Which attitude of science is based on facts?

• Experimentation

• Parsimony

• Replication

• Empiricism

Kathy just passed the BCBA exam, and is starting her first case. She interviews Sonny's parents and asks them why he engages in such bad behaviors, but they don't know. Kathy asks them to recall the antecedents and consequences of those prior events and concludes that his behaviors are escape maintained. Which assumption of science did Kathy violate?

• Experimentation

• Parsimony

• Determinism

• Empiricism

Kathy works at a school as a behavior analyst and is asked to help consult on Suzie's case. Suzie's teacher states that Suzie will throw her pencil and run out of the room everyday. When Kathy asks Suzie's teacher to describe the antecedents and consequences of the past, Suzie's teacher responds with - It just happens out of nowhere, she needs as different setting!! Kathy proceeds with an observation to further investigate the function of Suzie's behavior. Which attitude of science is influencing Kathy's behavior?

• Determinism

• Parsimony

• Replication

• Philosophical Doubt

Who described and defined the dimensions of applied behavior analysis?

• Lindslay & Co.

• Baer, Wolf, & Risley

• Reese, Engleman, & Barr

• The BACB

Which of the following best describes the perspective held by radical behaviorism?

• Humans have freewill.

• Behaviors are controlled solely by private events.

• Behaviors can be influenced by private events.

• Human behavior is influenced by another organism's private event.