BEHV 101 Week 1 Flashcards
Description
Facts examined for relations with other facts
Prediction
Probability that an event will occur based on the occurrence of another
Control
Changes occur from manipulations
Purpose of Science
Description; Prediction; Control
Functional Relation
Change in one event produced by change in another event
Determinism
Universe is lawful & orderly
Parsimony
All simple explanations ruled out before using complex explanations
Pragmatism
Truth value of a statement is function of how well the statement promotes effective action
Experimentation
Basic strategy of most sciences
Replication
Repeating experiments
Experimental Analysis of Behavior
Natural science approach to the study of behavior
Hypothetical constructs
Presumed entities not manipulated in an experiment
Philosophic Doubt
Continually questioning what is fact
Behaviorism
Philosophy of the science of behavior
Behaviorism according to Watson
Methodological Behaviorism
Methodological Behaviorism
Stimulus - response psychology
Radical Behaviorism
Behaviorism according to Skinner that includes private events
Mentalism
Assumes “inner” dimension exists different from a behavioral dimension
Empiricism
Objective observation
Explanatory fiction
Fictitious variable that contributes nothing to understanding behavior
Applied
Affecting change that improves people’s lives
Behavioral
Conduct studies of behavior, not about behavior
Analytic
Functional relation between manipulated events and some dimension of behavior
Technological
Procedures described with sufficient detail for replication
Systematic
Procedures described in terms of principles from which they were derived
Effective
Behavior must improve to a practical degree
Generality
Behavior change lasts over time, spreads to other behaviors not treated
