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BCBA EXAM 2025 WITH 100% ACCURATE SOLUTIONS

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Jesse's teacher says that he keeps acting out in class. The teacher approaches the behavior analyst and explains that Jesse's behavior is likely the result of his diet, that he eats way too much sugar... and processed foods, causing problem behaviors. As a behavior analyst, which attitude of science must be considered in this scenario? A)Parsimony.B)Philosophic doubt.C)Empiricism.D)Determinism - CORRECT -A. Parsimony means that the simplest, most logical explanations must be ruled out before more complex explanations are considered. In this example, the teacher should rule out other variables that could be responsible for the problem behavior before making the assumption that something more complex is responsible for controlling the behavior. "Philosophic doubt" is continually questioning the truthfulness of scientific knowledge. "Determinism" is the assumption that the universe is lawful and orderly. "Empiricism" is the objective observation of the phenomena of interest. Louis is designing an intervention for his client. He makes sure that the techniques making up the intervention are completely identified and described, so that other ABA practitioners may replicate his intervention. Which dimension of behavior analysis (according to Baer, Wolf, & Risley, 1968) is described in this scenario? A)GeneralityB)EffectiveC)BehavioralD)Technological - CORRECT -D. The technological dimension of ABA means that the techniques making up a particular behavioral application are completely identified and described. This means that behavior analysts should write their interventions cle [Show More]

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