Chapter 2 Research Methods: BASIC TERMS AND DEFINITIONS Flashcards
A __________ relationship is the relationship between a change in an independent variable and an associated chance in s dependent variable
Behaviours its are typically concerned with discovering the relationship between changes in __________ events and changes in ________
Functional
Environmental
Behaviour
A ________ is any event that can potentially influence behaviour a __________ is a specific instance of behaviour
Stimulus
Response
Covert behaviour is _______
Is behaviour that can be perceived only by the person performing the behaviour
Skinner - thoughts feelings sensory experiences (internal events) should also be classified as behaviours
—Private behaviour/private events
Overt behaviour is ________
Behaviour that has the potential for being directly observed by an individual other than the one performing the behaviour
Public sly observed if others were present
Deprivation
The prolonged absence of an event wifi here often increases the appetitiveness of that event
Satiation
Refers to the prolonged exposure to an event which often decrease the appetitiveness of that event
However in anorexia nervosa severed food ________ seems to ________ the appetitiveness of food rather than _________ and these individuals begin to eat even less food then the diet allows
Deprivation
Decreases
Increase
Contiguity
The closeness or nearness
Temporal contiguity
Close in time
Spatial contiguity
Close in distance
Contingency
Predictive (or functional) relationship between two events such that occurrence if ine event predicts The other
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Establishing operations
Conditions that affect the aooetitiveness or aversive mess of an event
DEPRIVATION
SATIATION
What is deprivation?
Prolonged absence of an event which often increases the appetitiveness of that event
What is satiation
The prolonged exposure to an event which often decreases the appetitiveness of that event
