SPCE 619 Vocab Quiz

1) attention 2) sensory/automatic 3) to access a tangible/edible item and 4) to escape a particular person, place or activity.

A situation in which a person in a position of responsibility or trust has competing professional or personal interests that make it difficult to fulfill his or her duties impartially

A motivating operation that increases the effectiveness of some stimulus, object, or event as a reinforcer. For example, food deprivation makes food an effective reinforcer.

refers to the Clients right to effective treatment (i.e., based on the research literature and adapted to the individual client).

repeating experiments (and independent variable conditions within experiments) to determine the reliability and usefulness of findings

One of the core principles: The value that suggests that clients be given choices and interpersonal relationships demonstrate sympathy and concern.

A student or individual under the supervision of a BCBA , professor, supervisor in clinic, or manager -AND- is any individual whose behavior-analytic services are overseen by a behavior analyst within the context of a defined, agreed-upon relationship.

A multiple relationship is one in which a behavior analyst is in both a behavior-analytic role and a non-behavior-analytic role simultaneously with a client or someone closely associated with or related to the client.

One of the core ethical principles, means being aware of the most recent research in your field and specialty and incorporating the most up-to-date methods and procedures in your practice of behavior analysis through conferences and publications

the written description of all procedures used in the study is sufficiently complete and detailed to enable others to replicate it.

The procedure of providing consequences for behavior that increase or maintain the frequency of that behavior

a deliberate evaluation of the potential risks (e.g., limitations, side effects, costs) and benefits (e.g., treatment outcomes, efficiency, savings) associated with a given intervention. should conclude with a course of action associated with greater benefits than risks.

one in which the behavior analysts has and unfair supervisory, evaluative, or authority over someone in which they have a relationship, including supervisees, students, employees, research participants and clients.

refers to a category of procedures used to formally assess the possible environmental causes of problem behavior. These procedures include informant assessments (e.g., interviews, rating scales), direct observation in the natural environment (e.g., ABC assessment), and experimental functional analysis.

simple, logical explanations must be ruled out, experimentally or conceptually, before more complex or abstract explanations are considered.

One of the core principles. we have an awesome responsibility in designing behavior change programs. We have to be accountable when treatments do not work

An unpleasant or noxious stimulus, more technically, a stimulus change or condition that fuctions to evoke a behavior that has terminated it in the past, as a punisher when presented following behavior, and/or as a reinforce when withdrawn following behavior

Certification Board for behavior analysts, The BACB certification procedures and content undergo regular psychometric review and validation, pursuant to a job analysis survey of the profession and standards established by content experts in the field.

entails precise measurement of the actual behavior in need of improvement and documents that it was the subject's behavior that changed

One of the core principles, means that you should treat others as you would like to be treated

The universe is a lawful and orderly place in which all phenomena occurs as the result of other events.

One of the core ethical principles; means to follow a system of regimen in which according to one's ability and judgment, consider what's beneficial for one's patients, or to help or to at least do no harm

any behavior analyst who oversees behavior-analytic services performed by a supervisee within the context of a defined, agreed-upon relationship.

demonstrates experimental control over the occurrence and nonoccurrence of the behavior—that is, if a functional relation is demonstrated.

The systematic coexistance between two events can be used to predict the relative probability of one event occurring based on the presence of another event.

Behavior analysts never disclose confidential information without the consent of the client, except as mandated by law, or where permitted by law for a valid purpose, Behavior analysts recognize that parameters of consent for disclosure should be acquired at the outset of any defined relationship and is an ongoing procedure throughout the duration of the professional relationship.

describes a relation between a performance and an aversive stimulus in which the performance terminates the aversive stimulus.

the controlled comparison of some measure of the phenomenon of interest (the dependent variable) under two or more different conditions

A definition in terms of the operations used to produce and measure a phenomenon. It is important to define a behavior in clear and concise terms so that it can be accurately measured, assessed and treated by a number of individuals across a variety of environments.

occurs when a behavior is followed by the removal of a stimulus event and the future frequency of the behavior decreases under similar environmental conditions.

A federal act that protects health information of clients. Relates to data safeguarding

What the client is accessing or escaping by engaging in the problem behavior

One of the core principles, we treat clients with respect and respect their wishes