Unit 1

Question 1

Set of moral principles in action

Answer 1

Ethics

Question 2

3 fundamental ethical questions

Answer 2

What is the right thing to do?
What is worth doing?
What does it mean to be a good behavior
analyst?

Question 3

To further the welfare of the client

Answer 3

Basic purpose of practicing ethically

Question 4

2 approaches to evaluating ethical dilemmas

Answer 4

Analyze actions

Analyze consequences

Question 5

Structural approach of how actions measure

up against moral principles

Answer 5

Analyzing actions

Question 6

Functional approach in ethical dilemmas

Answer 6

Analyzing consequences

Question 7

Ethical Principles of Psychologists & Code of
Conduct
Right to Effective Behavioral Treatment
Students’ Rights to Effective Education
Professional & Ethical Compliance Code for
Behavior Analysts

Answer 7

4 relevant ethics documents in ABA

Question 8

Enforceable document that provides ethical

rules for certified individuals

Answer 8

Professional & Ethical Compliance Code

for Behavior Analysts

Question 9

Referred to as a “behavior analyst” in the code

Answer 9

Anyone certified by the BACB (BCBA,
BCaBA, RBT)
Those authorized to provide supervision
BACB approved course sequence
coordinator

Question 10

Services based on the science of behavior
designed to change bx in socially important
ways

Answer 10

Behavior analytic services

Question 11

Treatment, assessment, training,
consultation, managing, supervising,
teaching, etc.

Answer 11

Types of Behavior analytic activities

Question 12

Direct recipient of services
Legal guardian of service recipient
Employer or agency representative
Third party contractor for services

Answer 12

Referred to as the “client” in the code

Question 13

1.0 Responsible conduct of behavior

analysts

Answer 13

Maintain high standards of professional and personal behavior

Question 14

1.01 Reliance on scientific knowledge

Answer 14

Make conceptually systematic decisions

based on research and data

Question 15

1.02 Boundaries of competence

Answer 15

Practice in new areas only after education,

training, & supervised experience

Question 16

1.03 Maintain competency through professional development

Answer 16

Stay current through literature, workshops, &

conferences

Question 17

1.01 Integrity

Answer 17

Be honest, keep commitments, don’t break

the law or the Code

Question 18

1.05 Professional and scientific relationships

Answer 18

Services in a defined role, avoid jargon, don’t

discriminate, recognize personal issues

Question 19

Simultaneously in BOTH a behavior-analytic
& non-behavior-analytic role with those
receiving services

Answer 19

Multiple relationships

Question 20

1.06 Multiple relationships and conflicts of interest

Answer 20

Avoid and/or resolve multiple relationships &

do not accept gifts

Question 21

1.07 Exploitative relationships

Answer 21

Don’t exploit, avoid sexual relations with
clients/supervisees, no bartering unless
culturally appropriate

Question 22

The Ethical Code of Psychologists

Answer 22

5 General principles: A beneficence and nonmaleficence B fidelity and responsibility C Integrity D justice E respect and dignity

Question 23

The Right to Effective Behavioral Treatment

Answer 23

Individual has a right to a therapeutic environment and services whose overriding goals personal welfare, right to treatment by a competent Behavior Analysis, programs that teach functional skills, behavioral assessment and ongoing evaluation, and the most effective treatment procedures available

Question 24

The Right to Effevtive Education

Answer 24

Requires assessment and education to rest on a foundation of solid research. Address functional relations between behavior and environment. Be monitored and evaluated systematically and ongoing. interventions should be based on empirical evidence and assessment results