Dana Do's

Dana’s Do’s: WWSD (What Would #Skinner Do?) on Tax Day?

PTB co-founder Dana Meller illustrates a perfect example of rule-governed behavior centered on our shared and dreaded annual Tax Day obligation.

BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Section B-13: Define and provide examples of rule-governed and contingency-shaped behavior.

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

Understanding 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.

Dana Do’s: Yes, verbs are clues that can help you prep for the BCBA exam

By examining BACB Task List verbs, you can actually determine the specific type of discrimination required in your BCBA exam studies.

PTB co-founder Dana Meller shares how the verbs used in the Task List can provide you with significant clues for effective studying. By examining task list verbs, you can actually determine the specific type of discrimination required in your studies. Learn how understanding these verbs can guide your preparation and better equip you for success on the big exam.

Dana Do’s: Why You’re Not Passing the BCBA® Exam

PTB cofounder Dana Meller helps candidates retaking the exam consider a functional approach to defining the obstacles holding them back.

Dana Do’s: Why BCBA® Retaker Odds are Lower

There’s a danger of studying only the score report. PTB co-founder Dana Meller offers insight on why it’s important to study like a test virgin.

Dana Do’s: What Do Philosophical Assumptions Got To Do With It?

It often feels like the board is asking candidates to study concepts you may never use in practice. PTB co-founder Dana Meller explains why that’s actually inaccurate. The philosophical assumptions underlying the science of behavior analysis is so much more integral than just passing the big exam.

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

What chaining methods to use on what behaviors.

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.

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

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

BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Section I-8: Evaluate the effects of supervision (e.g., on client outcomes, on supervisee repertoires).

Dana Do’s: Using Stimulus Salience to Increase Studying Effectiveness

PTB co-founder Dana Meller discusses the ways in which you can increase your studying effectiveness through stimulus salience. We know that ABA works, and Dana reminds students to utilize basic ABA principles to help themselves prepare for the BCBA® exam.

Refer to Task List section B-10: Define and provide examples of stimulus control.

Dana Do’s: Use Mistakes to Assess How You Test

Use your BCBA® mock exam mistakes to assess how you test.

PTB co-founder Dana Meller shares insights on how to use your mock BCBA® exam mistakes to assess and improve your test-taking behavior.