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Introduction To Behavior Analysis Flashcards

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Behavior Analysis

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Scientific approach to the study of BEHAVIOR, emphasizing the role of ENVIRONMENT.

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Science

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Systematic knowledge derived from OBSERVATION, STUDY and EXPERIMENTATION.

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Determinism

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principle of lawful and orderly causation

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Empiricism

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principle of objectivity

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Parsimony

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Emphasis on SIMPLE explanations

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Scientific Manipulation

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Suspected causal variables MANIPIULATED and effects on BEHAVIOR observed

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Philosophic Doubt

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Continual QUESTIONING of fact

Willingness to REPLACE CURRENT KNOWLEDGE with new findings.

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