BxLog is PTB’s exam prep blog, edited and curated by veteran ABA professionals with a mission to provide candidates helpful tools and guidance along their BCBA® exam prep journey. Explore short videos and articles containing valuable information including explanations of Task List concepts and ABA terminology, study tips, mock exam questions with answer breakdowns, and lifestyle advice to maintain a healthy exam prep regimen.
The data shows candidates struggle to pass the BCBA® exam on later attempts. PTB co-founder Dana Meller takes a deeper look at the data and offers a strategy for beating the retaker odds.
Dana Do’s: Attention Multiple BCBA® Retakers (You are Going to Want to Hear This) Read More
PTB co-founder Dana Meller offers a relatable cause-and-effect scenario that helps discriminate between determinism and pragmatism.
Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Section A-2: Explain the philosophical assumptions underlying the science of behavior analysis (e.g., selectionism, determinism, empiricism, parsimony, pragmatism).
Dana Do’s: What’s the Difference Between Pragmatism and Determinism? Read More
PTB co-founder goes into the three factors that define trustworthy measurement– “validity”, “reliability” and “accuracy”. But what’s the difference between each? Dana explains.
Dana Do’s: How to Define the Markers of Trustworthy Measurement Read More
PTB co-founder Dana Meller takes on the first portion of the Task List with a quick lesson about section A-1. The secret sauce for understanding the goal of behavior analysis? It all comes down to description, prediction, and control.
Dana Do’s: The Scientific Goals of Behavior Analysis Read More
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.
A Black Behaviorist & A White Behaviorist Walk into a (fill in the blank) Read More
It’s important to fuel your brain and body with nutritious food that will give you the energy to power through long days and even longer study sessions. But, between school,
From PTB’s Test (Prep) Kitchens: A Brain-Boosting Berry Smoothie Read More
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.
Dana Do’s: Which Group Contingency Do I Use? Read More
Relating, framing and equating. PTB co-founder Dana Meller drills into the generalizability of relational frame theory, equivalence-based instruction, and stimulus equivalence. Would you believe they all go together?
Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Sections B-15: Define and provide examples of derived stimulus relations; G-21: Use procedures to promote stimulus and response generalization; G-12: Use equivalence-based instruction.
Dana Do’s: Relating, Framing and Equating Read More
It’s particularly meaningful to be able to tell validity, social validity, internal and external validity apart. PTB co-founder Dana Meller has some tips to do just that.
Dana Do’s: How to Decipher the Many Forms of Validity Read More
Let’s take a quick dive into the concept of contiguity, in both respondent and operant conditioning. PTB co-founder Dana Meller explains its significance in understanding behavior change processes.
Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Section B-3: Define and provide examples of respondent and operant conditioning.
Master your ABA Terminology ➠ Exploring Contiguity & the Importance of Timing Read More