Module 9 Term Flashcards
What is an A-B Design?
A simple experimental design consisting of a baseline phase (A) followed by a treatment phase (B).
What is affirmation of the consequent?
A reasoning process where if a predicted outcome occurs when the intervention is applied, it is assumed the intervention caused the change.
What is an ascending baseline?
A baseline data pattern showing an increasing trend in behavior before intervention.
What is a baseline?
The phase in which data is collected before any intervention is applied to determine the initial level of behavior.
What is baseline logic?
The reasoning process behind visual analysis: prediction, verification, and replication.
What is a confounding variable?
An uncontrolled factor that can affect the dependent variable and jeopardize internal validity.
What is a descending baseline?
A baseline data pattern showing a decreasing trend in behavior before intervention.
What is experimental control?
The demonstration that changes in behavior are due to the independent variable and not other factors.
What is experimental design?
A plan for arranging the conditions of an experiment to analyze the effects of the independent variable.
What is external validity?
The degree to which findings can be generalized to other people, settings, or behaviors.
What is an extraneous variable?
Any variable that is not the independent variable but might influence the dependent variable.
What is internal validity?
The degree to which an experiment shows a causal relationship between the independent and dependent variables.
What is parametric analysis?
An analysis that examines the effects of different values or levels of the independent variable.
What are practice effects?
Changes in behavior due to repeated exposure to a task rather than the intervention.
What is a research question?
A question that guides the focus of a study, defining what the experiment seeks to answer.
What is replication?
Repeating conditions to confirm the reliability of an effect.
What are single-subject designs?
Experimental designs that focus on the behavior of individual subjects to demonstrate functional relationships.
What is a stable baseline?
A pattern of baseline data with minimal variability and no trend.
What is steady state responding?
A consistent pattern of behavior in the presence of a given condition.
What is a steady state strategy?
Waiting for behavior to stabilize before introducing the intervention.
What is a variable baseline?
A baseline pattern that shows high variability, making interpretation difficult.
What is verification?
Confirming that behavior change is due to the intervention by returning to baseline or replicating conditions.
