Hannah is a behavior analyst hired by a new agency, Mountain View ABA. Hannah begins working with a client, Chiron. While speaking with Chiron’s dad during a session, Hannah agrees to work with another provider whose services are not empirically backed because she believes that ABA practitioners are usually too closed-minded to work with these service providers. Mountain View ABA is a member of which category put at risk by Hannah’s unethical behavior?

Falak is a behavior analyst who recently began working with a new learner. While out in the community, the learner’s former behavior analyst, Shelly, asks how sessions are going and offers to provide help whenever Falak has questions. Which ethics standard should Falak mainly consider?

Rosa realizes she provided a new behavior plan to her client’s team several weeks ago but forgot to schedule a training meeting to ensure that all of the team members were clear on the procedure and could implement it accurately. Since the team members have not complained, Rosa decides to wait to see if the data show improvements without providing training. Which ethics standard is Rosa violating?

Eduardo’s chiropractor has just begun offering craniosacral therapy, which is thought to relieve behavioral problems. Eduardo trusts his chiropractor’s work and has been hearing a lot about this popular new treatment. Although he cannot find any research literature to support it, he signs his child up for the treatment. This is an example of:

Arthur, a behavior analyst, works with a client who engages in high rates of self-injurious behavior. He thinks that if he uses a strong aversive stimulus, painful stimulation for example, his client’s behavior will reduce quickly. He believes the reduction in self-injury will justify the use of a less socially valid procedure. This describes which issue with using consequential ethics to analyze this dilemma?

Mars is a

_____ is typically the warmest month in the northern hemisphere.

A mirage is caused by _____, the bending of a wave as the air density changes.

Astrid, a behavior analyst, works with a client who engages in high rates of aggressive behavior. She thinks that if she uses a strong aversive, painful stimulation for example, her client’s behavior will reduce quickly. She believes the reduction in aggression will justify the use of a less socially valid procedure. This describes which issue with using consequential ethics to analyze this dilemma?

Raja realizes he provided a new behavior plan to his client’s team several weeks ago but forgot to schedule a training meeting to ensure all of the team members were clear on the procedure and could implement it accurately. Since the team members have not complained, Raja decides to wait to see if the data show improvements without providing training. Which ethics standard is Raja violating?