According to the BACB Guidelines for Responsible Conduct, documenting professional and scientific work is necessary to:

1. A. prevent litigatio
2. B. ensure accountabilit
3. C. bill for third-party insurance payment
4. D. maintain ongoing contractual relationship

Correct Answer: B

The BEST definition for head banging would be any instance of Susan:

1. A. making contact between her head and her hand or her head and any other objec
2. B. hitting her head with her open hand, closed fist, or another object when others tease he
3. C. repeatedly using her hand to hit her head until there is an observable change in tissue coloratio
4. D. making contact with her head using either her hand or another object causing sound that is audible at a distance of 5 or more fee

Correct Answer: D

A person "getting wet" in the rain is NOT considered an occurrence of behavior because "getting wet"

1. A. does not specify an interaction between an organism and its environmen
2. B. can occur under only one, very specific environmental conditio
3. C. is a hypothetical construct and cannot therefore meet the criteria for an occurrence of behavio
4. D. does not have social or clinical significance in a science of human behavio

Correct Answer: A

A 4-year-old child is lying in bed at night while the parents are sitting in the living room talking to guests. The child begins to make loud noises. In the past, the parents have gone into the child's room to quiet him. The parents and guests agree to ignore the child completely and continue to talk. If the parents stick with this approach and the child stops making noises, the parents have successfully useD.

1. A. time-ou
2. B. planned ignorin
3. C. extinctio
4. D. negative reinforcemen

Correct Answer: C

A behavior analyst is asked to consult about a 10-year-old child who gets out of his seat during class at least once every 15 minutes. The behavior analyst wants the teacher to collect data on the child’s on-task behavior. Given that the teacher works alone in the classroom with 30 children, the BEST procedure to employ would bE.

1. A. interval recordin
2. B. latency recordin
3. C. duration recordin
4. D. time samplin

Correct Answer: D