A Flashcards

1
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Observed events that can be quantified or measured
Possible hypothesis

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Description

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2
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Probability of an event occurring, correlation doesn’t mean causation

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Prediction

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3
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Functional relation- manipulation of one event results in another event (x caused y)
Scientific manipulation

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Control

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4
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Lawful, cause & effect

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Determinism

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5
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Facts, objective

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Empiricism

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6
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Predictions and controlling any phenomenon
Controlled comparison of a phenomenon under 2 or more conditions

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Experimentation

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7
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Repeat, reliability, detect human error

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Replication

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8
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Simplest explanation, fewest assumptions

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Parsimony

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9
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Skepticism, questioning

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Philosophic doubt

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10
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Practical approach or solution

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Pragmaticism

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11
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Branch of behaviorism that studies observable behaviors

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Radical Behaviorism

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12
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What does radical behaviorism emphasize

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Scientific methods, environmental influences, objective measurement in understanding and predicting behavior

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13
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Branch of behaviorism that studies observable behaviors and their causes

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Methological behaviorism

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14
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Which form of behaviorism includes both private and public events

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Radical behaviorism

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15
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Who created the Experimental analysis of behavior (EAB)

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Skinner

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16
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In EAB behavior is changed ____ by the stimuli that precede it and ____ by the consequence that follow

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Less, more

17
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What are the methodological features of EAB

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Rate is the most common DV
Single case design
Visual analysis
Functional relations

18
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Radical behavior was developed by

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Skinner

19
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Developing a technology for improving socially significant behavior is

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Applied Behavior Analysis

20
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What are the 4 domains of behavior analysis

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ABA, EAB, philosophic and conceptual analysis, behavior service delivery.

21
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What domain of behavior is theory and research driven

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EAB

22
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What domain of behavior analysis is applied

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Aba

23
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What domains underlying philosophy is radical behaviorism

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Philosophy and conceptual analysis

24
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What are the 7 dimensions of Aba

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Applied, behaviors, analytic, technological, conceptually systematic, effective, generality

25
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What dimension investigated socially significant behaviors with immediate importance to the individual

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Applied

26
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For the dimension Behavioral, target behaviors must…

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Need improvement, be measurable, observable, and clearly defined

27
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What dimension must show a functional relation between the intervention and behavior change

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Analytic

28
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In what dimension do the behaviors and procedures have to be detailed so they can be replicated and have similar results

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Technological

29
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In what dimension is it important that the interventions are evidence based and rooted in the principles of behavior

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Conceptually systematic

30
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What dimension does the intervention need to improve the target behavior so it is socially or clinically significant

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Effective

31
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What dimension does the behavior change have to last over time, across groups, environments, and related behaviors

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Generality

32
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If changes in a targeted behavior occur in non-treatment settings, or situations as a function of treatment procedures what characteristics of ABA does that exemplify

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Generality

33
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The behavior analyst wrote the treatment plan for the client in a way that she and the technicians who work under her could repeat the procedures in the same way they were initially conducted. This example is related to which dimension of behavior analysis

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Technological

34
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What scientific goal
Two events are related or correlated

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Prediction