Category: Concept Reviews - Page 7 - Pass the Big ABA Exam

A Black Behaviorist and a White Behaviorist Walk into a (fill in the blank)

A Black Behaviorist & A White Behaviorist Walk into a (fill in the blank)

Originally live streamed as a CEU for Ethics on Behavior Live (Task List Section E: Behave in accordance with the Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts) , “A Black Behaviorist and a White Behaviorist Walk into a (fill in the blank)“, is a discussion about race, intersectionality, and the importance of a partnership between black and white women.

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Dana Do’s: Which Group Contingency Do I Use?

PTB co-founder Dana Meller distills the three different interventions, related by the group.

Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Section G-18: Use group contingencies.

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Dana Do’s: How to Decipher the Many Forms of Validity

It’s particularly meaningful to be able to tell validity, social validity, internal, and external validity apart. PTB founder Dana Meller has some tips to do just that.

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Dana Do's: How to discriminate between dependent and independent variables.

Dana Do’s: How to Discriminate Dependent vs. Independent Variables If You’re Not a Researcher

Not a researcher? How about some help discriminating between dependent and independent variables. PTB co-founder Dana Meller offers a few tips to make that distinction on the BCBA® exam.

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Dana Do's: How to Discriminate Between MOs and SDs

Dana Do’s: How to Discriminate Between SDs & MOs

PTB co-founder Dana Meller breaks down the distinction between motivating operations (MOs) and discriminative stimulus (SDs).

Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Sections B-10: Define and provide examples of stimulus control; and B-12: Define and provide examples of motivating operations.

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What chaining methods to use on what behaviors.

Dana Do’s: What Chaining Method to Use When?

The books don’t really say much about what chaining methods BCBA’s should apply to what behaviors. PTB co-founder Dana Meller breaks it down.

Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Section G-8: Use chaining.

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The connection between environment & behavior.

Breaking Down the Intricate Connection Between Environment & Behavior

PTB co-founder Dana Meller discusses the term environment in connection with a term defined as a physical event that influences how individuals interact with the world around them

Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Section B-2: Define and provide examples of stimulus and stimulus class.

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The Pioneer of Methodological Behaviorism

What are the historical origins of Methodological Behaviorism? Learn about observable behavior and John Broadus Watson’s controversial “Little Albert Experiment.”

Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Section A-4: Distinguish among behaviorism, the experimental analysis of behavior, applied behavior analysis, and professional practice guided by the science of behavior analysis.

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Dana Do’s: What are the Markers of a Good Supervisor?

PTB founder Dana Meller identifies the markers of being a good supervisor.

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Matching-to-Sample Procedures: Test Your Knowledge and Challenge Yourself

PTB co-founder Dana Meller reviews matching-to-sample procedures, focusing on one specific method where stimuli are not physically identical but have a symbolic relationship.

Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Section G-12: Use equivalence-based instruction.

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