Philosophical Foundation of ABA in Education

Question 1

What is the term representing Skinner’s “far-reaching” and “thoroughgoing” form of behaviorism that includes both public and private behavior?

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radical behaviorism

Question 2

What foundational term requires that behaviors last over time and appear in other environments other than the that of training.

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generativity

Question 3

What foundational term requires that experimenters have used single subject research designs to demonstrate a functional relation, or a believable demonstration of the efficacy of an intervention.

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analytic

Question 4

What foundational term requires the thorough and accurate description of procedures used in interventions.

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technical

Question 5

what foundational term requires that improvement of behavior be socially significant and based on a visual analysis of data?

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effective

Question 6

This is the science in which the principles of behavior are used to improve socially important behaviors and experimental analysis is used to determine which variables are responsible for improvement.

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applied behavior analysis

Question 7

Which foundational term refers to a philosophical position in which behavioral events that cannot be observed are not behaviors?

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methodological behavior

Question 8

Founded by Skinner, this natural science focuses on studying operant behavior as a subject matter, using single subject experimental designs rather than group designs, to measure behavior as a dependent variable.

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experimental analysis of behavior

Question 9

Which foundational term requires that variables under study be observable and measurable?

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behavior

Question 10

What foundational term requires that interventions used must be based on the principles of behavior and have empirical evidence supporting efficacy?

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conceptual

Question 11

A foundational term for an event that can only be observed and verified by the individual performing the behavior?

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private event

Question 12

What is the foundational term for the notion that a question is only worth pursuing if the answer to it would change our knowledge of the world?

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pragmatism

Question 13

What is the foundational term for the The view of the world that assumes only the natural world, which presupposes an absolute truth?

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realism

Question 14

What is the foundational term for an event that is locatable in time and spcae in the natural world?

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natural event

Question 15

What is the foundational term for an event observed by another person?

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public event

Question 16

What is the foundational term for a ficititious variable, often another name for an observable behavior, which implies an inner cause for the behavior?

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explanatory fiction

Question 17

What is the foundational term for an assumption that the universe is a lawful and orderly place in which phenomena occur in relation to other events, not in accidental fashion?

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determinism

Question 18

What is the foundational term for an assumption of an “inner” dimension as the explanation of behavior?

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mentalism

Question 19

Refers to organisms learning through association (pairing) of a stimulus that typically produces an automatic response in the organism with a previously neutral stimulus, causing the neutral stimulus to trigger the same automatic response

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classical conditioning

Question 20

Refers to the removal of something preferred that decreases the future rate of the behavior it follows.

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negative punishment

Question 21

Refers to the delivery of something preferred that increases the future rate of the behavior it follows.

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positive reinforcement

Question 22

Refers to the removal of something aversive that increases the future rate of the behavior it follows.

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negative reinforcement

Question 23

Refers to organisms learning through interactions with their environment, including reinforcement.

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operant conditioning

Question 24

Refers to a consequence stimulus that increases the future rate of the behavior it follows.

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reinforcement

Question 25

Refers to a consequence stimulus that decreases the future rate of the behavior it follows.

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punishment

Question 26

Refers to the delivery of something aversive that decreases the future rate of the behavior it follows.

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positive punishment

Question 27

What is the foundational term for knowledge based on experience?

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empiricism

Question 28

What is the foundational term for operant behavior on the part of a speaker that is reinforced by the behavior of the listener?

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verbal behavior

Question 29

a verbal response that specifies its own reinforcer (request)

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mand

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a dependent relationship betweeen two events

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contingency

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a verbal response emitted in the presence of an object or event (labeling).

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tact

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changes in the environment that induce different activities

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discriminative stimulus (SD)

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scientific explanation that emphasizes simplicity and reliance on well-established knowledge

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parsimony

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a verbal discriminative stimulus that induces an activity in the learner

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rule

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a change in an individual’s behavior with a change in context

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discrimination

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the relationship between a discriminative stimulus and the activity it induces

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stimulus control

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physical principles underpinning the science of behavior - ‘behavior analysis’

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behaviorism

Question 38

how the environment changes an individual over their lifetime

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ontogeny

Question 39

a statement of the anticipated outcome of a presently unknown or future measurement

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prediction

Question 40

a natural science approach to the study of behavior as a subject matter

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experimental analysis of behavior (EAB)

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a short-term contingency that reinforces maladaptive behavior is pitted against a long-term contingency that provides large reinforcers for good behavior

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reinforcement trap

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passing behavior from one person to another by imitation and modeling

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cultural selectionism

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a controlled comparison of a phenomenon of interest (dependent variable) under two or more different conditions (independent variable)

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experiment

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demonstrating that the prior level of baseline responding would have remained unchanged had the independent variable not been introduced

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verification

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repeating conditions within an experiment to determine the reliability of effects and increase internal validity

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replication

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The variable that is systematically manipulated in an experiment to see whether changes in the independent variable produce reliable changes in the dependent variable.

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independent variable

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all forms of life evolve as a result of selection with respect of function

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selectionism

Question 48

The evolutionary history of individuals originating from the contingencies that operate during the environmental history of a species.

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phylogeny

Question 49

The tendency to tailor behavior about good/bad, right/wrong to particular situations, rather than more generally across situations.

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situational ethics

Question 50

The variable measured to determine if it changes as a result of manipulations of the independent variable.

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dependent variable

Question 51

Defined as an assumption of an “inner” dimension as the explanation of behavior

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mentalism