Abstract
Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs) make a plethora of daily decisions. Among these are clinical and ethical decisions. Yet, little has been published explicitly discussing variables that impact BCBA decision-making. In this chapter, we review how basic research on choice behavior and research from the clinical decision-making literature sheds light on the clinical and ethical decisions BCBAs make. To do this, we describe several variables known to influence the choices humans make. We then provide examples for how these variables impact clinical and ethical decisions. Any BCBA who wants to improve their clinical abilities will benefit from becoming well versed in basic research on choice behavior and decision-making. In addition, researchers or BCBAs who want to advance the ethical clinical practice of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) for individuals with autism will have to include these variables in their analyses of BCBA behavior.
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