Jonathan is a behavior analylst who begins working with Adam, a child who is already receiving high doses of vitamins, “floor-time” therapy, and a gluten-free diet as interventions to address his diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder. Adam’s parents want to know if these treatments, along with ABA services, are helping their son. Jonathan obtains consent to evaluate these treatments and systematically isolates treatment effects by removing one or more of the treatments and adding them back into the treatment package one at a time, or in different combinations. Jonathan appears to be conducting which of the following?

When a medication is prescribed for chronic use as a behavioral pharmacological agent, which of the following would be a behavior analyst’s responsibility?

Both placebo and nocebo effects are observed when the active ingredient of a medication is not delivered. A placebo effect would be related to _______. A nocebo effect would be related to ______.

Dr. Blakely’s ideal medical evaluation process contains seven steps, in which the behavior analyst should be an active participant. Which of the following is included in those steps?

Both zero-order kinetics and first-order kinetics refer to how long it takes __________.

Which of the following best describes the function of the blood–brain barrier?

Which of the following is one of the three experimental designs advocated by behavior analysts (in conjunction with medical professionals) to conduct a medication evaluation?

  Which of the following describes an analysis that evaluates the effectiveness of different combinations of a specified set of interventions?

What is the term for when a drug effect is the opposite of what is expected?

Wilson’s disease is primarily associated with toxicity from which trace element?