D03 Identify the Defining Features of Single Subject Experimental Designs

Question 1

Baseline

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Precedes planned treatment

Question 2

Experimental methods in behavior analysis are guided by assumptions which include

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Behavior is an individual phenomenon

Question 3

Single subject or repeated measures designs use steady state responding, which requires that subject’s behavior be measured repeatedly

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Until stable in one condition before changing and measuring in another condition

Question 4

Experimental methods in behavior analysis are guided by assumptions which include

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Behavior variability is extrinsic to the organism

Question 5

Defining features of single-subject methodology include

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External validity requires replication across participants, settings, or materials.
Changes in behavior as a result of intervention are socially important.
Analysis occurs at the individual level.
Behavior is measured repeatedly over time.
3 or more within or inter subject replication supports experimental control

Question 6

Replication in baseline logic involves

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Manipulating the independent variable repeatedly and producing similar outcomes.

Question 7

Science is best characterized as a set of methodologies that seek

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Relationships between natural phenomena

Question 8

Experimental methods in behavior analysis are guided by assumptions which include

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All the above:
Behavior is an individual phenomena.
Behavior is a continuous phenomena.
Behavior variability is extrinsic to the organism

Question 9

If the target behavior is dangerous, baseline

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May not be possible due to safety concerns

Question 10

Experimental methods in behavior analysis are guided by assumptions which include

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Behavior is a continuous phenomenon

Question 11

Within-subject research designs expose subjects to both control and experimental conditions, which allows

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Unique subject characteristics to be held constant across conditions

Question 12

Baseline

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Could include an intervention

Question 13

Baseline logic entails the three elements of

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Prediction, verification, and replication

Question 14

Baseline

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Provides a comparison condition

Question 15

If baseline data indicate a therapeutic trend, baseline

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Should continue

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The purpose of a single subject research is to document

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Causal or functional relationships between the independent and dependent variables

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Baseline is what is going on

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Prior to planned intervention

Question 18

Verification in baseline logic involves

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Demonstrating that prior baseline levels would have remained unchanged had the independent variable not been introduced.

Question 19

Defining features of single-subject methodology include

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Baseline logic experimental reasoning.
Threats to internal validity are addressed through experimental design.
Subjects serve as their own controls.
Visual inspection of the data for level, trend, and variability.

Question 20

In behavior analysis, the single-subject design uses experimental reasoning referred to as

Answer 20

Baseline logic

Question 21

Prediction in baseline logic involves

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Obtaining steady state responding in baseline, which allows the anticipation of unknown future measurements.