Chapter 1 Flashcards
Experimenter has demonstrated a functional relationship
Analytic
See
Say
Investigating behaviors of social significance
Applied
Application of the science derived from principles of behavior are applied to socially significant behaviors
Applied behavior analysis
Determinism, empiricism, experimentation, replication, parsimony, philosophic doubt
Attitudes of science
Behaviors are measurable, observable, and must be in need of improvement
Behavioral
Philosophical and theoretical foundations of the science of behaviors
Behaviorism
Behavior change procedures derive from their relevant principles of behavior
Conceptually systematic
Highest level of science: change in dependent variable can be attributed to the introduction of the independent variable
Control
Gathering facts and categorizing data
Description
Belief that the universe is lawful and orderly and believe that behavior is not random but stem from other events
Determinism
Results are meaningful and improve behavior to a practical degree
Effective
The practice of objective observation
Empiricism
Natural science approach to the study of behavior as a subject manner in its own right
Experimental analysis of behavior (EAB)
Manipulation of the environment to identify the variables of which behavior is the function
Experimentation
Statements that describe the occurrence of the phenomena under study as a function of specific variables
Functional relation
Behavior change lasts over time, appears in other settings, and/or spreads to other behaviors not directly treated
Generality
Description, prediction, control
Levels of science
Study of behavior that infers inner (unseen) variables as cause of behaviors
Mentalism
Simple explanations are ruled out before more complex explanations are considered
Parsimony
Scientists must continually question the truthfulness of what is regarded as fact
Philosophic doubt
Form of behaviorism that attempts to understand ll human behavior (public or private events)
radical behaviorism
Systematic approach to the understanding of natural phenomena
Science
Repeating the experiment under the same conditions with similar results
Replication
Procedures are clearly described
Technological
Applied behavioral analytic technological conceptually systematic effective generality
7 Dimensions of ABA
