Chapter 1 Flashcards
Socially significant behaviors
Applied
Observable, objective, measurable
Behavioral
Demonstrates functional relationships
Analytical
Demonstrates bx change through
measurement
Effective
Bx changes across bx’s, people, settings
Generality
Detailed procedures-replication
Technological
Procedures based on ABA principles
Conceptually Systematic
connotes a scientific method, a technology, and a professional approach. It is a system designed to analyze and change behavior in a precisely measurable and accountable manner. is an evidence-base method of examining and changing what people (and other living creatures) say and do
ABA
takes the perspective that feelings, sensations, ideas, thoughts and other features of mental life are subject to the same behavioral laws and principles as overt behaviors. “It simply questions the nature of the object observed and the reliability of the observations”
Radical Behaviorism
A practical approach to problems in which truth is found in the process of verification.
Pragmatism
The simplest theory that fits the facts of a problem is the one that should be selected.
Parsimony
A method of inquiry based on empirical or measurable systematic observation measurement and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses or questions
Scientific Method
Doctrine that acts of the will, occurrences in nature, or social or psychological phenomena are causally determined by preceding events or natural laws
Determinism
Derived from or guided by experience or experiment.
Empiricism
Behaviors evolve and persist through natural selection (based on the contingencies—antecedents, or precursors, and consequences related to the behavior’s occurrence—in the environment interacting with biology)
Selectionism
