The caretaker of a client explains that their child engages in screaming at all times of the day, regardless of who is with them or where they are. The BCBA runs consecutive alone sessions and sees stable and high levels of screaming. From this information, we can informally hypothesize that the behavior function is….

Which of the following is NOT a limitation of repeated measurement?

Johnny wants to study the effects of a token economy on the levels of task completion in individuals with developmental disabilities using a multiple baseline design. What would be the independent variable in this study?

A behavior program is conceptually systematic if it is based on_______

Calculate Scored Interval IOA   Observer A Observer B 10:00-10:15 X X 10:15-10:30 X X 10:30-10:45     10:45-11:00   X 11:00-11:15     11:15-11:30 X   11:30-11:45    

This refers to the functional relationship that exists when a well-controlled experiment demonstrates that a specific change in one event is reliably produced by specific manipulation of another event, and that the change in the dependent variable was unlikely to be the result of other extraneous factors.

A BCBA is providing services to a new client that has a similarities to a previous client. Since their previous client benefitted significantly from their treatment program, the BCBA decided to use the same treatment without any changes. Is the BCBA violating the ethical code?

Which of the following is considered a mand?

Select which dimension of ABA applies to this statement,  “experimental control and functional relations are demonstrated.”

Risk of bias refers to the extent to which outcomes from a study can be biased due to: