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Supercharge Your Problem-Solving Skills to Identify the CMO in the Scenario

Discover how environmental variable evokes problem-solving behaviors to gain access to the desired item. With real-life examples, PTB co-founder Dana Meller sheds light on the significance of this variable in manding programs and various situations.

Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Section B-12: Define and provide examples of motivating operations.

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6 Science-Backed Study Tips for Your Next Study Session

Switch Up Your Environment Studying in a new environment has been shown to help improve memory and concentration levels. Try studying at a coffee shop, library, or a new spot

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Understanding Operant and Respondent Conditioning

Dana’s Do’s: Conditioning Us to Understand Operant and Respondent Conditioning?

PTB co-founder Dana Meller explains how one word can describe two different things. Here’s how to practically understand the difference between operant and respondent conditioning.

BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Section B-3: Define and provide examples of respondent and operant conditioning.

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ABA Terminology Break Down ➠ Indicators of Trustworthy Measurement

What are the three indicators of trustworthy measurement in ABA? PTB co-founder Dana Meller explains and why they ensure data accuracy and reliability.

Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Section C-8: Evaluate the validity and reliability of measurement procedures.

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ABA terms you need to know: positive punishment vs. negative reinforcement

ABA Terminology ➠ Battle of Aversive Titans: Positive Punishment vs. Negative Reinforcement (G-1, G-16)

Given the common confusion between terms due to their association with aversive events, PTB co-founder Dana Meller clarifies the distinction between positive punishment and negative reinforcement.

Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Sections G-1: Use positive and negative reinforcement; and G-16: Use positive and negative punishment (e.g., time-out, response cost, overcorrection). procedures to strengthen behavior.

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ABA terms you need to know: negative reinforcement vs. extinction.

ABA Terminology Challenge ➠ Negative Punishment vs. Extinction

PTB co-founder Dana Meller provides insight to better understand why these concepts can be confusing, despite both leading to a decrease in behavior.

Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Sections B-6: Define and provide examples of positive and negative punishment contingencies; and B-9: Define and provide examples of operant extinction.

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Dana Do’s: Need a Prompt to Understand Prompting?

PTB co-founder Dana Meller shares a trick for discriminating between response and stimulus prompts.

BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Section G-4: Use stimulus and response prompts and fading (e.g., errorless, most-to-least, least-to-most, prompt delay, stimulus fading)

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Let's break down a BCBA® mock exam question about baseline logic.

Let’s Break Down a BCBA® Mock Exam Question: Key Elements of Baseline Logic for Multiple Baseline Design (D-3)

PTB co-founder Dana Meller breaks down a BCBA® mock exam question about baseline logic for a multiple baseline design across behaviors. Dana explains the significance of replication in providing more convincing evidence of a functional relationship and how to make scientific justifications using baseline logic in various designs.

Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Section D-3: Identify the defining features of single-subject experimental designs (e.g., individuals serve as their own controls, repeated measures, prediction, verification, replication).

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Let's break down a BCBA® mock exam question about FA.

Let’s Break Down a BCBA® Mock Exam Question: Play Along & Identify the Demand Condition in this FA Scenario

Test your behavior assessment skills. Let’s break down a BCBA® mock exam question about functional analysis (FA) including its role in testing for the escape function of behavior.

Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Section F-8: Conduct a functional analysis of problem behavior.

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Attention, Please… Master Your Understanding of This Original FA Condition

PTB co-founder Dana Meller breaks down the original condition of functional analysis (FA) and the initial withholding of attention.

Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Section F-8: Conduct a functional analysis of problem behavior.

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