BCBA study plan

Define radical behaviorism, methodological behaviorism, and mentalism, and label 20 written statements as each

Discriminate respondent from operant conditioning and verbal from nonverbal repertoires using novel vignettes

Diagram the three-term and four-term contingencies for 15 real-world clinical examples

Classify 30 novel vignettes by the principle operating (reinforcement, punishment, extinction, stimulus control, motivating operation)

Discriminate all basic schedules of reinforcement and predict the response pattern each produces

Infer the likely schedule or contingency from a described pattern of behavior in 20 scenarios

Explain value-altering and behavior-altering effects of motivating operations with three original examples each

Select and justify a behavior-change procedure for 25 function-specified vignettes

Sequence the steps of indirect assessment, descriptive assessment, and experimental functional analysis

Construct operational definitions for 10 target behaviors that pass a stranger-agreement readability test

Compare indirect, descriptive, and experimental methods on rigor, feasibility, and ethical constraints

Match function-based behavior-change procedures to 15 functional analysis summaries

Select a measurement system (frequency, duration, latency, IRT, interval, time sampling) for 20 described behaviors with written rationale

Compute total count, exact agreement, and interval-by-interval interobserver agreement from raw data

Calculate and interpret trend, level, and variability for three graphed data sets

Justify graph-type selection (line, bar, cumulative, scatterplot) against the data question being asked

Design reversal, multiple baseline, alternating treatments, and changing criterion evaluations for four clinical questions

Identify threats to internal validity in described studies and specify a control for each

Critique four written design descriptions for confounding variables and sequence effects

State the conditions under which experimental control is demonstrated in each single-case design

Apply the Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts to 25 ethical vignettes and cite the governing code section for each

Differentiate informed consent, confidentiality, and multiple-relationship obligations across practice contexts

Assess social validity, contextual fit, and risk-benefit for six candidate interventions

Justify selection of the least restrictive, function-based intervention among competing options

Describe supervision requirements for competency assessment, direct observation, and documentation

Apply ethics rules to delegation, trainee caseload, and feedback delivery in eight supervision scenarios

Rebuild the two lowest-scoring domains using targeted review modules and teach-back notes

Convert error-log entries into a ranked list of remaining knowledge gaps

Complete two full-length timed practice exams under simulated testing conditions

Analyze misses by domain and by item type (definitional versus applied) to locate residual gaps

Drill the top 20 missed concepts to fluent, error-free recall

Rehearse pacing and flag-and-return strategies across both practice exams