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.
PTB co-founder Dana Meller breaks down a BCBA® mock exam question that distills the factors that affect stimulus control in behavior analysis.
Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Section B-10: Define and provide examples of stimulus control.
PTB co-founder Dana Meller reviews verbal behavior, and explains which of the six elementary verbal operants is controlled by a written verbal Sᴰ, and also shares point-to-point correspondence. Included is a comparison of the different Sᴰ(s) that control(s) each elementary verbal operant.
Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Section B-14: Define and provide examples of the verbal operants.
Test your ABA Terminology ➠ Select the Correct Elementary Verbal Operant Read More
PTB cofounder, Dana Meller treats the task list like a puzzle, and so should you. Like a puzzle, all the task list items are interconnected. To be exam ready, you need all the pieces, and every piece needs to be in place.
Dana Do’s: Imagine the Task List is a Jigsaw Puzzle Read More
Why should you look at the world behavior analytically? Because it will help you build ABA fluency.
Dana Do’s: Looking at the World Behavior Analytically Read More
PTB co-founder Dana Meller reviews and breaks down in detail a BCBA® mock exam question about different chaining methods in behavior analysis.
Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Section G-8: Use chaining.
Let’s break down a BCBA® exam mocj question about verbal behavior, focusing on one of the elementary verbal operants – the intraverbal. PTB co-founder Dana Meller clarifies the differences between the intraverbal and other verbal operants, providing a comprehensive understanding of each category.
Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Section B-14: Define and provide examples of the verbal operants.
PTB Co-founder Dana Meller reinforces the importance of memorization and offers some practical, empirically validated tips for memorizing the task list.
Dana Do’s: How to Optimize Memorization Read More
PTB co-founder Dana Meller clarifies the concepts, providing examples to help better understand these crucial distinctions and addresses common misconceptions between point-to-point correspondence and formal similarity.
Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Section B-14: Define and provide examples of the verbal operants.
PTB co-founder Dana Meller delves into the differences and nuances between fixed-time (FT) and variable-time (VT) schedules, as well as fixed-interval (FI) and variable-interval (VI) schedules.
Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Sections B-5: Define and provide examples of schedules of reinforcement; and G-14: Use reinforcement procedures to weaken behavior (e.g., DRA, FCT, DRO, DRL, NCR).
The Ultimate Reinforcement Schedules Showdown ➠ FT/VT vs. FI/VI Read More
PTB co-founder Dana Meller discusses the high-probability request sequence (high-p). Learn how the high-p serves as an effective antecedent intervention and compliance-building strategy.
Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Sections G-2: Use interventions based on motivating operations and discriminative stimuli; and G-13: Use the high-probability instructional sequence.
Antecedent Intervention ➠ Increasing Compliance with the Art of Timing Read More