Acquisition Deck 2

Question 1

The researcher keeps an attitude of ____ by checking for more simple explanations.

Answer 1

parsimony

Question 2

Selectionism: all organisms ____ as a result of selection with respect to function.

Answer 2

evolve

Question 3

Ontogeny is selection by ____ during the life of an individual organism.

Answer 3

consequences

Question 4

Repeating independent variable conditions within an experiment

Answer 4

replication

Question 5

An attitude of ___ ___ allows new discoveries to replace old findings

Answer 5

Philosophic doubt

Question 6

Ontogeny is selection by consequences during the life of an ___ organism.

Answer 6

individual

Question 7

Pragmatism is primary criterion by which behavior analysts judge the ___ of their findings.

Answer 7

value

Question 8

Radical behaviorism seeks to understand all human behavior, both publicly observed and ___ observed

Answer 8

privately

Question 9

Pragmatism is primary ___ by which behavior analysts judge the value of their findings

Answer 9

criterion

Question 10

Philosophic doubt means scientific knowledge must always be regarded as ___.

Answer 10

tentative

Question 11

Science relies on ____ as its fundamental assumption.

Answer 11

determinism

Question 12

Selectionism: all organisms evolve as a result of selection with respect to ___.

Answer 12

function

Question 13

Science is a(n) ___ approach.

Answer 13

systematic

Question 14

All simple, logical explanations are ruled out before more complex explanations are considered.

Answer 14

parsimony

Question 15

Methodological behaviorism considers private events outside the realm of science, while ___ ___ incorporates all human behavior as science.

Answer 15

radical behaviorism

Question 16

The researcher does the same experiment more than once.

Answer 16

replication

Question 17

Replication is when a(n) ___ ___ condition is repeated within an experiment

Answer 17

independent variable

Question 18

A systematic approach to the understanding of natural phenomena

Answer 18

science

Question 19

Science relies on ___ ___ as its guiding conscience

Answer 19

philosophic doubt

Question 20

Radical behaviorism seeks to understand ___ human behavior, both publicly observed and privately observed.

Answer 20

all

Question 21

the truth value of a statement is a function of how well the statement promotes effective action

Answer 21

pragmatism

Question 22

Phylogeny is natural selection in the ___ history of a species.

Answer 22

evolutionary

Question 23

All organisms evolve as a result of selection with respect to function.

Answer 23

selectionism

Question 24

The repeating of experiments

Answer 24

replication

Question 25

Natural selection in the evolutionary history of a species.

Answer 25

phylogeny

Question 26

An attitude of parsimony requires ___ explanations be ruled out before more complex explanations are considered.

Answer 26

simple

Question 27

Continually questioning the truthfulness of what is regarded as a fact

Answer 27

philosophic doubt

Question 28

The attitude of parsimony is critical to ___ explanations.

Answer 28

scientific

Question 29

Philosophical position that incorporates private events into an overall conceptual system of behavior

Answer 29

radical behaviorism

Question 30

Selection by consequences during the life of an individual organism

Answer 30

ontogeny

Question 31

Phylogeny is natural selection in the evolutionary history of a ____.

Answer 31

species