Before Exam

Question 1

Key principles

Answer 1

Applied
Analytic 
Behavioural
Conceptually systematic 
Effective 
Generalisable 
Technological

Question 2

Assumptions

Answer 2

o	Philosophic doubt (tentative)
o	Parsimony (simplicity)
o	Empiricism (accurate and reliable observations used to explain or manipulate behaviour)
o	Explanatory fiction (circular arguments)
o	Determinism (everything is predetermined)
o	Scientific manipulation (variables can be manipulated)

Question 3

Explaining behaviour

Answer 3

o Philosophical (theoretical)
o Practice (improves lives)
o Basic research (experiments to test the theory)
o Applied research (improve socially significant behaviours)

Question 4

Child superstitions

Answer 4

o 4-6-year olds were put in a room with a robot clown that dispensed marbles on a fixed time schedule. Most developed dominant superstitious behaviour e.g. grimacing, kissing clown, hip swinging, giggling, puckering lips, Produced Scalloped FI pattern of responding

Question 5

Factors affectingaa matching

Answer 5

o	Magnitude
o	Quality
o	Delay
o	Response effect
o	Punishment

Question 6

Rate of reinforcement

Answer 6

o FR - High / break and run
o FI - Slow - moderate / scalloped
o VI - Slow - moderate
o VR - very high

Question 7

ABA and eab

Answer 7

• EAB: describe behaviour and identify contingencies

* ABA: Use tactics to improve socially significant behaviour/ track changes - social validity

Question 8

Functional analysis

Answer 8

o Demand condition
o Attention condition
o Alone condition
o Control

Question 9

Applyinv q schedule

Answer 9

Measure the behaviour and the natural reinforcement schedule

• check if any current schedules work
• Define behavioural goal and make a plan to reach it
• fade the behaviour slowly so it is naturally maintained
• if the schedule has social validity people in the natural environment will continue the schedule
• FR/VR for discrete responses, VI/FI for continuous schedules