A. Philosophical underpinnings Flashcards
Simplest explanation
Parsimony
Questioning truthfulness and validity
Philosophical doubt
Six attitudes of science also known as assumptions
DEERPP
How the environment changes an individual over their lifetime
a. phylohgeny
b. ontogeny
c. habituation
d. habilitation
Ontogeny
The evolution of a species from one generation to the next including walking upright and other survival characteristics passed down from generation to generation
Phylogeny
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
Environmental explanation
The branch of Behavior analysis that addresses the theoretical and philosophical study of behavior analysis
conceptual analysis of behavior a.k.a. radical behaviorism
Cause-and-effect, lawfulness
Determinism
Fact, observed and experiments
Empiricism
Manipulating variables
Experimentation
Repeating an experiment
Replication