Unit 3

Question 1

The extent to which the observed values - the data produced by measuring an event - match the true state, or true values, of the event as it exists in nature.

Answer 1

Accuracy

Question 2

The extent to which the observer convinces herself or others that the data are trustworthy and deserve interpretation.

Answer 2

Believability

Question 3

Section 1.02 of the BACB Guidelines, which states that analysts must only provide services within the boundaries of their education, training, supervised experience, or appropriate professional experience.

Answer 3

Competence

Question 4

A declaration that misleads by providing false or inaccurate information.

Answer 4

Deceptive statement

Question 5

Section 1.06 of the BACB Guidelines, which states that BACB analysts must be sensitive to the potential harmful effects of other contacts on their work and on those persons with whom they deal.

Answer 5

Dual relationships and conflicts of interest

Question 6

Section 1.07 of the BACB guidelines, which states that analysts do not abuse those over whom they have authority.

Answer 6

Exploitative relationships

Question 7

A request for help unrelated to treatment that may conflict with BACB Guidelines for Responsible Conduct of Behavior Analysts.

Answer 7

Favor

Question 8

Sharing information about clients in a manner that seems innocent, but is actually a breach of confidentiality.

Answer 8

Gossip

Question 9

Section 1.04 of the BACB Guidelines, which states that analysts must be truthful and honest, and must conform to the legal and moral codes of the social and professional community of which they are a member.

Answer 9

Integrity

Question 10

A procedure for implementing DRL in which the total session is divided into equal intervals and reinforcement is provided at the end of each interval in which the number of responses during the interval is equal to or below a criterion limit.

Answer 10

Interval DRL

Question 11

A procedure for implementing DRL in which the total session is divided into equal intervals and reinforcement is provided at the end of each interval in which the number of responses during the interval is equal to or below a criterion limit.

Answer 11

Non-contingent reinforcement

Question 12

The rules about conduct an individual learns as a cumulative result of experiences throughout the lifespan.

Answer 12

Personal ethics

Question 13

A form of overcorrection in which, contingent on an occurrence of the target behavior, the learner is required to repeat a correct form of the behavior, or a behavior incompatible with the problem behavior, a specified number of times; entails an educative component.

Answer 13

Positive practice overcorrection

Question 14

Section 1.05 of the BACB Guidelines; analysts must provide behavioral diagnostic, therapeutic, teaching, research, supervisory, consultative, or other behavior analytic services only in the context of a defined role.

Answer 14

Professional and scientific relationships

Question 15

Section 1.03 of the BACB Guidelines, which states that analysts are required to stay current in their specialty area.

Answer 15

Professional development

Question 16

Explicit rules about conduct that govern individuals who work in a field.

Answer 16

Professional ethics

Question 17

Section 1.01 of the BACB Guidelines, which states that analysts must base their methods of assessment on systematic, objective observations of behavior.

Answer 17

Reliance on scientific knowledge

Question 18

The relative frequency with which operant behavior is emitted during extinction.

Answer 18

Resistance to extinction

Question 19

A procedure in which the therapist physically intervenes as soon as the learner begins a problem behavior to prevent completion of the targeted behavior.

Answer 19

Response blocking

Question 20

The contingent loss of reinforcers (such as a fine) that produces a decrease of the frequency of behavior. It is a form of negative punishment.

Answer 20

Response cost

Question 21

A form of overcorrection in which, contingent on the problem behavior, the learner is required to repair the damage or return the environment to its original state and then to engage in additional behavior to bring the environment to a condition vastly better than it was in prior to the misbehavior.

Answer 21

Restitutional overcorrection

Question 22

The process by which behaviors maintained by automatic reinforcement are placed on extinction by masking or removing the sensory consequence.

Answer 22

Sensory extinction

Question 23

Unwelcome advances, requests for sexual favors, and any form of behavior that is sufficiently severe and pervasive and produces an abusive working environment.

Answer 23

Sexual harassment

Question 24

Evasive tactics for avoiding the truth.

Answer 24

White lies