FK-01/09 Foundational Knowledge: Chapter 1

Question 1

Experimental analysis of behavior (EAB) is….

Answer 1

Research on basic processes & principals.

*done in laboratories.

Question 2

Conceptually systematic is….

Answer 2

All procedures used should be tied to the basic principles of behavior analysis from which they were derived.

Question 3

Philosophical Doubt is…

Answer 3

Health skepticism

critical eye about the results of studies & your work with clients.

Question 4

Conceptual Analysis of Behavior

AKA: behaviorism

Answer 4

Examines philosophical, theoretical, historical & methodological issues.

Question 5

An example of description….

Answer 5

of correct math problems

Question 6

What is applied?

Answer 6

Improves socially significant behaviors.

ABA improves ever day life of clients.

Question 7

Explanatory fictions

Answer 7

Fictitious variables that are another name for the observed behavior.

Ex: knows, wants and figures out.

Question 8

What is Control?

AKA: Causation

Answer 8

Functional Relation.
*The highest level of scientific understanding. *

Experimental demonstration that manipulating one event (i.e. IV) results in another event (i.e. DV).

Question 9

What are the 6 attitudes of Sciences?

Hint: DEERPP

Answer 9

Determinism
Empiricism
Experimentation
Replication
Parsimony
Philosophical Doubt

Question 10

What’s the purpose of science?

Answer 10

To achieve a thorough understanding of the phenomena under study.

Question 11

Parsimony is….

Answer 11

Simplest theory.
Help scientist fit findings within their field’s existing knowledge base.
All simple & logical explanations must be ruled out before considering more complex explanations.

Question 12

What are the 4 branches of Behavior Analysis?

Hint: case

Answer 12

Conceptual Analysis of Behavior

ABA

Behavior Service Delivery

Experimental Analysis of Behavior (EAB)

Question 13

The 7 dimensions were outlined in the first edition of JABA; what year ___ and by who ___?

Answer 13

1968; Baer Wolf and Risley

Question 14

What is

Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)?

Answer 14

Scientific approach

Socially significant behavior

Technology of behavior change that is practical and applicable.

Question 15

Determinism is…..

Answer 15

Lawfulness: If/Then statements
Cause & Effect
The world is orderly & predictable.

Question 16

Circular reasoning

Answer 16

Cause & effect are both inferred from the same information.

Ex: he cried because he FELT sad.

Question 17

What is prediction?

AKA: correlation; covariation

Answer 17

Two events may occur at the same time.

(Does NOT mean one causes the other).

Question 18

Behavior service delivery refers to…

Answer 18

Refers to many people working in the field that are not BCBAs that implement ABA within their profession.

Question 19

What is description?

Answer 19

Systematic observation that can be quantified and classified.

(NOT casual explanation)

Question 20

What is Behavioral? (BATCAGE)

Answer 20

observable events

behavior one chooses must be the behavior in need of improvement (i.e. change).

Question 21

Hypothetical constructs

AKA: imaginary constructs

Answer 21

Unobserved

Ex: Free will, readiness, information processing.

Question 22

What are the 3 levels of scientific understanding?

Hint: DPC

Answer 22

1. Description
2. Prediction
3. Control

Question 23

What are the 7 dimensions of ABA?

Hint: BATCAGE

Answer 23

Behavioral
Applied
Technological
Conceptually Systematic
Analytical
Generality
Effective

Question 24

Experimentation is…

AKA: Experimental analysis

Answer 24

The basic strategy of most sciences.
Requires manipulating variables so as to see the effects on the DV (dependent variable).
An assessment to determine if one event caused another event.
Requries all variables to be controlled except the DV.

Question 25

Generality is….

AKA: generalization

Answer 25

Extends behavior change across time, setting or other behaviors.

Question 26

Mentalism

AKA: feelings, spiritual, psychic, attitudes

Answer 26

An approach to explaining behavior that assumes an inner dimension exists & causes behavior.

Ex: Freud, talk therapy, LMFT

Question 27

Analytic is ….

AKA: functional relation; experimentation, control and causation

Answer 27

A functional relationship is demonstrated.

Believability

Question 28

3 Mentalism Terms

Answer 28

1. Hypothetical constructs
2. Explanatory fictions
3. Circular reasoning

Question 29

In ABA, the behaviors that should be targeted are _________.

Answer 29

Socially important behaviors

Question 30

ABA is an evidence-based __________ science.

Answer 30

APPLIED

Question 31

What is technological?

Answer 31

Replicable (recipe).
Defines procedure clearly & in detail
Can be repeated

Question 32

ABA is…

Answer 32

Technology for improving behavior.

Behavior analyst assess, monitor, analyze and revise.

Question 33

Replication is….

Answer 33

Repeating experiments
The method that scientists use to determine the RELIABILITY & usefulness of their findings.
*how scientist discover their mistakes, thus making science a self-correcting enterprise.

Question 34

What is science?

Answer 34

A systematic approach for seeking & organizing knowledge about the nature world.

Question 35

What is Behaviorism?

Answer 35

The philosophy of the science of behavior.

Environmental (not mentalistic) explanation of behavior.

Question 36

Empiricism is….

Answer 36

FACTS
Experimental, data-based scientific approach, drawing upon observation & experience.
*requires objective quantification & detailed description of events.

Question 37

Effective is …

Answer 37

Improves behavior in a practical manner, not simply making a change that is statistically significant.