Dana Do’s: How to Tell the Difference Between Applied and Effective Dimensions on BCBA®/BCaBA Exam Questions
PTB founder Dana Meller breaks down two often-confused ABA dimensions—applied and effective to explain how to tell them apart.
Concept Reviews
Dana Do’s: How to Tell the Difference Between SD vs. S-Delta on the BCBA® Exam
PTB founder Dana Meller breaks down the role reinforcement plays (or doesn’t play) in two core ABA concepts: SD (discriminative stimulus) and S-delta.
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Dana Do’s: Key Differences Between Ratio Strain and Breaking Point
Confused about ratio strain vs. breaking point? Learn how abrupt changes in reinforcement can lead to avoidance and aggression (ratio strain), while increased effort with no change in reinforcement can cause behavior to stop altogether (breaking point).
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Dana Do’s: Do MOs Only Affect Behavior in the Moment?
Do motivating operations (MOs) only influence behavior in the moment? Not quite. Learn more about behavior-altering effects and functional-altering effects that shape future behavior. Using relatable examples, PTB founder Dana Meller breaks down how MOs impact reinforcement value now—and in the long run.
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Dana Do’s: How to Discriminate Between Operant Behavior and Respondent Behavior on BCBA® Exam Questions
How do you discriminate between operant behavior and respondent behavior on test questions? PTB founder Dana Meller shows you the ABC of it.
Dana Do’s: Understanding All the Types of Validity in ABA
ABA has multiple types of validity—internal, external, social, and measurement validity—but how do you keep them straight? PTB founder Dana Meller can help.
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Dana Do’s: Four Reasons for Conducting Accuracy Assessments
How do we ensure the data we collect is truly reliable? PTB founder Dana Meller (MA, BCBA) breaks down the importance of accuracy assessments and shares four key reasons why they’re crucial.
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Dana Do’s: Mean or Median? Choosing the Right Level Line to Interpret Graph Data
Interpreting graphed data is an important skill to have, for the BCBA® exam and beyond. A fundamental part of this is the level line. PTB founder Dana Meller breaks down both methods for establishing a level line and when to use them.
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Dana Do’s: Two Procedures for Calculating Duration
If you’re looking for data on how long a behavior occurs, duration is the name of the game. However, as PTB founder Dana Meller explains, there are two methods for ensuring and reporting duration that future BCBA®s need to know.
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Dana Do’s: What’s the Difference Between Hypothetical Constructs and Explanatory Fictions?
PTB founder Dana Meller follows up on Name That Term definition to explain the difference between hypothetical constructs and explanatory fictions.
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