Behaviorism and Philosophical Underpinnings

Question 1

What are the 3 levels of scientific understanding?

Answer 1

Description, Prediction, & Control

Question 2

Define Description

Answer 2

Observing and documenting events factually

Question 3

What are operational definitions derived from in the levels of scientific understanding?

Answer 3

Description

Question 4

Taking ABC data and observing a client are examples of what level of scientific understanding?

Answer 4

Description

Question 5

Define Prediction

Answer 5

Hypothesis of why behavior occurs

Question 6

What are predicitions based on?

Answer 6

correlations on the IV and DV from repeated observations

Question 7

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?

Answer 7

Predicition

Question 8

Define control

Answer 8

the functional relation between a change in the IV leading to a change in the DV, why behavior happens

Question 9

functional analyses demonstrate what level of scientific understanding?

Answer 9

control

Question 10

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?

Answer 10

control

Question 11

What are the philisophical underpinnings of ABA?

Answer 11

Selectionism, determinism, parsimony, pragmaticism, empiricism, experimentation, and philosophical doubt

Question 12

what are the shared assumptions about how the world works?

Answer 12

philosphical underpinnings

Question 13

Define selectionism

Answer 13

things evolve becuase of the consequences of behavior

Question 14

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?

Answer 14

Selectionism

Question 15

types of selectionism

Answer 15

phylogenic, ontogenic, and cultural

Question 16

Define Phylogenic selectionism

Answer 16

A change in behavior that is due to species evolution in order to survive

Question 17

Define onotogenic selectionism

Answer 17

A change in behavior that is due to the individuals experiences with contingencies

Question 18

Define cultural selectionism

Answer 18

A change in behavior that is due to an individual due to modeling, imitation, or rules from a group they are a part of

Question 19

A human breaths with their lungs and a fish breaths through gills. These are examples of behaviors that are ___________ selected

Answer 19

phlyogenetically

Question 20

An indivual wets their toothbrush before and after putting on toothpaste. This is an example of a behavior that is ____________ selected

Answer 20

onotgenetically

Question 21

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

Answer 21

cultrually selected