Acquisition Deck 1

Question 1

• A functional relation is shown when changes in an ____ ____ can be reliably attributed to an independent variable

Answer 1

Dependent variable

Question 2

• Methodological behaviorism views behavioral events that cannot be ___ as outside the realm of science

Answer 2

Observed

Question 3

• In applied behavior analysis intervention is reserved for ___ ____ behaviors

Answer 3

Socially Significant

Question 4

• With the assumptions of determinism, all ___ occur as the result of other events

Answer 4

Phenomena

Question 5

• Determinism is the antithesis to

Answer 5

Accidentalism

Question 6

• A fictitious or hypothetical variable that contributes nothing to a functional account of understanding of the phenomena

Answer 6

Explanatory fiction

Question 7

• A comparison of a dependent variable under two or more different conditions

Answer 7

Experiment

Question 8

• When an experiment reveals a change in one event can be reliably produced by manipulations of another event

Answer 8

Functional realtion

Question 9

• The science in which tactics derived from the principles of behavior are applied to improve socially significant behavior

Answer 9

Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)

Question 10

• Presumed but unobserved entities that cannot be manipulated in an experiment are hypothetical ___

Answer 10

Constructs

Question 11

• Saying intelligence is the reason for higher levels of responding with a discriminated operant.

Answer 11

Explanatory fiction

Question 12

• The philosophy and science of behavior

Answer 12

Behaviorism

Question 13

• Empiricism is the foremost rule in the science of

Answer 13

Behavior

Question 14

• Assuming a mental or “inner” dimension exists that differs from a behavioral dimension.

Answer 14

Mentalism

Question 15

• Assuming that phenomena in the mental dimension either cause or mediate some forms of behavior

Answer 15

Mentalism

Question 16

• The practice of objective observation of the phenomena of interest

Answer 16

Empiricism

Question 17

• Cognitive processes and free will are ____ constructs

Answer 17

Hypothetical

Question 18

• Changes in a dependent variable can be reliably produced by changes in an independent variable show a ____ relation

Answer 18

Functional

Question 19

• An experiment is a comparison of a ___ ___ under two or more independent variables.

Answer 19

Dependent variable

Question 20

• The universe is a lawful and orderly place

Answer 20

Determinism

Question 21

• The researcher said that cognitive processes were the cause and function of the observable behavior

Answer 21

Mentalism

Question 22

• Methodological behaviorism denied the ___ of “inner” events or considers them outside the realm of science.

Answer 22

Existence

Question 23

• In applied behavior analysis experimentation is used to identify variables responsible for the improvement of

Answer 23

Behavior

Question 24

• In applied behavior analysis ____ is used to identify the variables responsible for the improvement of behavior.

Answer 24

Experimentation

Question 25

• The analyst can reliably show an increase in manding with contingent reinforcement. This suggests a ____ _____

Answer 25

Functional realtion

Question 26

• In an experiment, only one ___ ___ is introduced at a time

Answer 26

Independent variable

Question 27

• Empiricism requires ___ observation

Answer 27

Objective

Question 28

• Explanatory fiction is a ___ variable that adds nothing to functional understanding of behavior

Answer 28

Hypothetical

Question 29

• In mentalism, behavior is mediated by a mental or ____ dimension

Answer 29

Inner

Question 30

• A philosophical position that views behavioral events that cannot be observed as outside the realm of science

Answer 30

Methodological behaviorism