Dana Do’s: How to Tell the Difference Between Applied and Effective Dimensions on BCBA®/BCaBA Exam Questions
PTB founder Dana Meller breaks down two often-confused ABA dimensions—applied and effective to explain how to tell them apart.
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Dana Do’s: How to Know if Your Study Activities are Effective
How do you know if your BCBA® study activities are effective? PTB founder Dana Meller shares some key analysis that may help BCBA® exam candidates assess efficacy.
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Dana Do’s: How to Easily Break Down the 7 Dimensions of ABA
PTB co-founder Dana Meller shares an easy way to break down the 7 dimensions of ABA by using the dimensions to define what it means to be a behavior analyst, which in turn, makes it much easier to discriminate between each dimension.
BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Section A-5: Describe and define the dimensions of applied behavior analysis (Baer, Wolf, & Risley, 1968).
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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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Dana Do’s: How to Discriminate Between Response Blocking and Extinction
What are the key differences between these these two procedures? PTB co-founder Dana Meller distills the concepts with common and relatable examples we can identify with.
Refer to BCBA® Task List (5th ed.) Sections B-9: Define and provide examples of operant extinction; and B-6: Define and provide examples of positive and negative punishment contingencies.
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Dana Do’s: How to Discriminate Between Operant Behavior and Respondent Behavior on BCBA® Exam Questions
How do you discriminate between operant behavior and respondent behavior on test questions? PTB founder Dana Meller shows you the ABC of it.
Dana Do’s: Get to the ‘Root’ of Response vs. Stimulus Generalization
Branching out, PTB co-founder Dana Meller shares the latest from her “tree” of knowledge to help discriminate between response and stimulus generalization (puns intended).
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Dana Do’s: Do MOs Only Affect Behavior in the Moment?
Do motivating operations (MOs) only influence behavior in the moment? Not quite. Learn more about behavior-altering effects and functional-altering effects that shape future behavior. Using relatable examples, PTB founder Dana Meller breaks down how MOs impact reinforcement value now—and in the long run.
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Dana Do’s: Confused by Matching Law and Behavioral Contrast in ABA?
What is the difference between these two natural human behavior phenomena, rooted in consequences? Dana Meller breaks it down.
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Dana Do’s: Compare and Contrast MOs and SDs
MOs and SDs do share some similarities, but there are some key differences to note. PTB co-founder Dana Meller breaks it all down to help you discriminate between MOs, SDs, and how they work together.
Refer to 5th Edition Task List Sections B-10: Define and provide examples of stimulus control, and B-12: Define and provide examples of motivating operations.
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