BEHV 101 Week 1

Question 1

Description

Answer 1

Facts examined for relations with other facts

Question 2

Prediction

Answer 2

Probability that an event will occur based on the occurrence of another

Question 3

Control

Answer 3

Changes occur from manipulations

Question 4

Purpose of Science

Answer 4

Description; Prediction; Control

Question 5

Functional Relation

Answer 5

Change in one event produced by change in another event

Question 6

Determinism

Answer 6

Universe is lawful & orderly

Question 7

Parsimony

Answer 7

All simple explanations ruled out before using complex explanations

Question 8

Pragmatism

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Experimentation

Answer 9

Basic strategy of most sciences

Question 10

Replication

Answer 10

Repeating experiments

Question 11

Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Answer 11

Natural science approach to the study of behavior

Question 12

Hypothetical constructs

Answer 12

Presumed entities not manipulated in an experiment

Question 13

Philosophic Doubt

Answer 13

Continually questioning what is fact

Question 14

Behaviorism

Answer 14

Philosophy of the science of behavior

Question 15

Behaviorism according to Watson

Answer 15

Methodological Behaviorism

Question 16

Methodological Behaviorism

Answer 16

Stimulus - response psychology

Question 17

Radical Behaviorism

Answer 17

Behaviorism according to Skinner that includes private events

Question 18

Mentalism

Answer 18

Assumes “inner” dimension exists different from a behavioral dimension

Question 19

Empiricism

Answer 19

Objective observation

Question 20

Explanatory fiction

Answer 20

Fictitious variable that contributes nothing to understanding behavior

Question 21

Applied

Answer 21

Affecting change that improves people’s lives

Question 22

Behavioral

Answer 22

Conduct studies of behavior, not about behavior

Question 23

Analytic

Answer 23

Functional relation between manipulated events and some dimension of behavior

Question 24

Technological

Answer 24

Procedures described with sufficient detail for replication

Question 25

Systematic

Answer 25

Procedures described in terms of principles from which they were derived

Question 26

Effective

Answer 26

Behavior must improve to a practical degree

Question 27

Generality

Answer 27

Behavior change lasts over time, spreads to other behaviors not treated