A. Philosophical underpinnings Flashcards

1
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Simplest explanation

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Parsimony

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2
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Questioning truthfulness and validity

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Philosophical doubt

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3
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Six attitudes of science also known as assumptions

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DEERPP

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4
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How the environment changes an individual over their lifetime

a. phylohgeny
b. ontogeny
c. habituation
d. habilitation

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Ontogeny

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5
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The evolution of a species from one generation to the next including walking upright and other survival characteristics passed down from generation to generation

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Phylogeny

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6
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This explains why they did what they did. Example: the learner engages in a behavior because it results in him getting XY or Z. Example: John ripped up his worksheet so he wouldn’t have to do math

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Environmental explanation

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7
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The branch of Behavior analysis that addresses the theoretical and philosophical study of behavior analysis

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conceptual analysis of behavior a.k.a. radical behaviorism

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8
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Cause-and-effect, lawfulness

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Determinism

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9
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Fact, observed and experiments

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Empiricism

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10
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Manipulating variables

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Experimentation

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11
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Repeating an experiment

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Replication

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