How to Easily Pass the BACB BCABA Exam: Expert Advice

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transitivity.

receptive language.

matching to sample.

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independent variable

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provide counseling to the couple related to the problems that they identify as most important.

refer the family to another professional, since this type of issue is not amenable to applied behavior analysis.

set up contracts between the parents and children that require the parents to reinforce appropriate behavior using things that the children identify as important to them.

explain how behavior analysis could be used to assist the family so that they can make an informed decision about proceeding.

produces greater interobserver agreement and requires less training time for observers.

allows for easier and more reliable quantification of temporal locus and temporal extent.

increases the likelihood that the behavior of interest will be reliably detected by observers or measurement equipment.

makes calibration checks of observers or measurement equipment less necessary.

collecting empirical data.

conducting a baseline of target behaviors.

manipulating ecological factors.

prioritizing goals and objectives.

a summary of the functional assessment; the target behavior; and the consequences for its occurrence and non-occurrence.

vocal descriptions of how the behavior is to be measured; the consequences for its occurrence and non-occurrence; the contract manager; and the target behavior.

written descriptions of how the behavior is to be measured; when behavior must occur; the consequences for its occurrence and non-occurrence; the contract manager; and the target behavior.

a summary of the functional assessment; written descriptions of how the behavior is to be measured; when behavior must occur; the contract manager; and the target behavior.

context.

fluency.

generalization.

mastery.

the students' baseline scores will be zero.

the students could not miss class very often.

other extraneous variables may cause their skills to improve.

she is interested in comparing the effects of three interventions at once.

A task analysis is used to teach Lilly how to clean her room.

Dean is able to change the scale on a computerized graph after reading “how to” instructions.

Billy’s mother tells him not to touch the stove because he could burn himself. Billy does not touch the stove.

Jennifer sees a candy bar and she mands for it. Jennifer’s sister gives her the candy bar and she eats it.