Acquisition Deck 1 Flashcards
• A functional relation is shown when changes in an ____ ____ can be reliably attributed to an independent variable
Dependent variable
• Methodological behaviorism views behavioral events that cannot be ___ as outside the realm of science
Observed
• In applied behavior analysis intervention is reserved for ___ ____ behaviors
Socially Significant
• With the assumptions of determinism, all ___ occur as the result of other events
Phenomena
• Determinism is the antithesis to
Accidentalism
• A fictitious or hypothetical variable that contributes nothing to a functional account of understanding of the phenomena
Explanatory fiction
• A comparison of a dependent variable under two or more different conditions
Experiment
• When an experiment reveals a change in one event can be reliably produced by manipulations of another event
Functional realtion
• The science in which tactics derived from the principles of behavior are applied to improve socially significant behavior
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
• Presumed but unobserved entities that cannot be manipulated in an experiment are hypothetical ___
Constructs
• Saying intelligence is the reason for higher levels of responding with a discriminated operant.
Explanatory fiction
• The philosophy and science of behavior
Behaviorism
• Empiricism is the foremost rule in the science of
Behavior
• Assuming a mental or “inner” dimension exists that differs from a behavioral dimension.
Mentalism
• Assuming that phenomena in the mental dimension either cause or mediate some forms of behavior
Mentalism
• The practice of objective observation of the phenomena of interest
Empiricism
• Cognitive processes and free will are ____ constructs
Hypothetical
• Changes in a dependent variable can be reliably produced by changes in an independent variable show a ____ relation
Functional
• An experiment is a comparison of a ___ ___ under two or more independent variables.
Dependent variable
• The universe is a lawful and orderly place
Determinism
• The researcher said that cognitive processes were the cause and function of the observable behavior
Mentalism
• Methodological behaviorism denied the ___ of “inner” events or considers them outside the realm of science.
Existence
• In applied behavior analysis experimentation is used to identify variables responsible for the improvement of
Behavior
• In applied behavior analysis ____ is used to identify the variables responsible for the improvement of behavior.
Experimentation
• The analyst can reliably show an increase in manding with contingent reinforcement. This suggests a ____ _____
Functional realtion
• In an experiment, only one ___ ___ is introduced at a time
Independent variable
• Empiricism requires ___ observation
Objective
• Explanatory fiction is a ___ variable that adds nothing to functional understanding of behavior
Hypothetical
• In mentalism, behavior is mediated by a mental or ____ dimension
Inner
• A philosophical position that views behavioral events that cannot be observed as outside the realm of science
Methodological behaviorism
