Unit 11: Study Guide

Answer each of the following questions. Your answers must:

1. Be a minimum of five sentences.
2. Directly answer the question. For example, if the question asks, "What would be the ethical violation in the above scenario?" and you do not mention any violation, you will not receive the point.

Study Guide Questions

1. Explain the four main strategies that are used to spread misinformation (Keenan & Dillenburger, 2018).

2. Have you seen these strategies implemented yourself? Describe one instance of such misinformation.

3. What impact do you think this type of misinformation has on a profession (e.g., behavior analysis)?

4. What are some strategies you could implement to counteract the spread of misinformation? What is your ethical obligation in this domain?

5. Review the 2011 statement by ABAI on the use of restraint and seclusion. Using the core ethical principles, analyze this statement. Which principles (if any) take priority in this statement? What justification do they provide in taking the position that they do? Using an ethical-decision making model, would you agree with this position?

Unit 12: Study Guide

Answer each of the following questions. Your answers must:

1. Be a minimum of five sentences.
2. Directly answer the question. For example, if the question asks, "What would be the ethical violation in the above scenario?" and you do not mention any violation, you will not receive the point.

Study Guide Questions

1. Review Kelly and colleagues' (2019) recommendations for effective dissemination. Have you used any of these strategies? Have you seen good examples of the use of these strategies? Provide an example and describe it in detail.

2. Review Macauley and colleagues' (2021) recommendations for pediatricians' use of social media. What in these recommendations is pertinent to behavior analysts? Is there anything in these recommendations that you would change? Remove? Anything you would add?

3. How do the recommendations by O'Leary and colleagues (2017) compare to Macauley and colleagues' recommendations for pediatricians? Are there any notable differences or similarities?

4. How do O'Leary and colleagues' recommendations align with your understanding of the core ethical principles?

5. Consider your own use of social media. To what extent have you followed the BACB Ethics Code and the various recommendations in the readings?