Q#4 CH 9

Question 1

behavioral variability

Answer 1

Changes in the strength of the response over repeated measure.

Question 2

what are the three ways behavioral variability is important in any experiment?

Answer 2

1. variability guides the curiosity of the sciences (when you see changes in variability it should make you curious)
2. guides desition making during the experiment
3. it serves as the bases for interpretation

Question 3

why do you have to examen variability at different levels

Answer 3

because is like looking thru a telescope and adjusting the magnitude.

Question 4

what are the five levels of magnification for examining behavioral variability

Answer 4

1. the highest level of magnification is looking at every single data point within every single session.
2. to summarise data within every single session.
3. summarising across-session within a given condition (allows to examen behavioral state and allows me to examen experimental control)
4. across-session, across condition (to examen the effects of different conditions)
5. across condition (you have a single data point per condition useful the effects of the independent variable)

Question 5

what are the two steps for dealing with behavioral variability

Answer 5

step 1. eliminate behavioral variability to whatever extent possible by ether removing extraneous variables or holding them content (establishing experimental control)

step 2. induce behavioral variability to see if produces changes in that behavior.

Question 6

where does behavioral variability come from?

Answer 6

1. comes from the organism itself.
2. the experimental setting (is everything in the experimental setting except the independent variable)
3. measurement (defining the response class)
4. your experimental design (the order you set up your different conditions)
5. data analysis (the way you analyze your data)
6. the independent variable

Question 7

intrinsic view of behavioral variability

Answer 7

is an inherent aspect of the behavior ( the behavior can occur without any reference controlling variable)

no need for phycology

Question 8

extrinsic view of behavioral variability

Answer 8

all behavioral variability is explainable with reference to controlling variable whether they be environmental or physiological.

no free will