Behaviorism and Philosophical Underpinnings Flashcards
What are the 3 levels of scientific understanding?
Description, Prediction, & Control
Define Description
Observing and documenting events factually
What are operational definitions derived from in the levels of scientific understanding?
Description
Taking ABC data and observing a client are examples of what level of scientific understanding?
Description
Define Prediction
Hypothesis of why behavior occurs
What are predicitions based on?
correlations on the IV and DV from repeated observations
Hypothesizing that a client hits his head for attention after observing the client and taking ABC data on his head hitting is an example nof which level of scientific understanding?
Predicition
Define control
the functional relation between a change in the IV leading to a change in the DV, why behavior happens
functional analyses demonstrate what level of scientific understanding?
control
Data showing that hitting reduces when the treatment package is introduced and increases when the treatment package is removed. What level of scientific understanding does this demonstrate?
control
What are the philisophical underpinnings of ABA?
Selectionism, determinism, parsimony, pragmaticism, empiricism, experimentation, and philosophical doubt
what are the shared assumptions about how the world works?
philosphical underpinnings
Define selectionism
things evolve becuase of the consequences of behavior
A monkey peels a banana from the bottom due to evolution because this behavior made it easier to open the banana. This is an example of which philosophical underpinning of ABA?
Selectionism
types of selectionism
phylogenic, ontogenic, and cultural
Define Phylogenic selectionism
A change in behavior that is due to species evolution in order to survive
Define onotogenic selectionism
A change in behavior that is due to the individuals experiences with contingencies
Define cultural selectionism
A change in behavior that is due to an individual due to modeling, imitation, or rules from a group they are a part of
A human breaths with their lungs and a fish breaths through gills. These are examples of behaviors that are ___________ selected
phlyogenetically
An indivual wets their toothbrush before and after putting on toothpaste. This is an example of a behavior that is ____________ selected
onotgenetically
One individual calls flavored carbonated drinks pop and another indivudual calls it soda because they grew up in different regions. These are examples of behaviors that are ___________ selected
cultrually selected
