scientific study

Question 1

simplest explanation behind something

Answer 1

parsimony

Question 2

specific instance of behavior

Answer 2

response

Question 3

definition of a response which is defined by the operation by which its measured

Answer 3

operational definition

Question 4

characteristics of a response?

Answer 4

simple or complex, genetic or learned, easy to define or not, and defining how its measured

Question 5

environmental events that effect or are capable of affecting behavior

Answer 5

stimuli

Question 6

how does a stimulus produce a response?

Answer 6

must be noticeable, relative intensity, duration, etc.

Question 7

one event depends on another

Answer 7

contingency

Question 8

event likely to occur if stimulus is present. (expecting red light when yellow is there)

Answer 8

stimulus contingent

Question 9

likely to occur if response occurs. (getting speeding ticket if exceeding limit)

Answer 9

response contingent

Question 10

nearness of events in time or space

Answer 10

contiguity

Question 11

not used a lot, develop questions and studies, but not always correct.

Answer 11

anecdotal evidence

Question 12

lots of info, but limitations with time, issues with generalizations, cannot answer casual questions

Answer 12

case studies

Question 13

large number of individuals, less influence non-representative members but does not test hypotheses, little control.

Answer 13

descriptive studies

Question 14

has a lot of control, answers causal questions, but creates artificial words, lose control when more real.

Answer 14

experimental studies

Question 15

behavior was tallied by this, every occurrence of the behavior under study was recorded by the movement of an inked pen on a sheet of paper that moved at a steady pace.

Answer 15

electromechanical cumulative order

Question 16

combiners errors and rate, number of correct responses per minute

Answer 16

fluency

Question 17

something that is manipulated.

Answer 17

independent variables

Question 18

allowed to vary freely

Answer 18

dependent variables

Question 19

typically two or more groups of participants

Answer 19

between subject exp.

Question 20

participants who are exposed to the experience

Answer 20

experimental group

Question 21

participants who are not exposed to it

Answer 21

control group

Question 22

way to reduce pre-treatment differences among groups, participants with identical features are identified.

Answer 22

matched sampling

Question 23

participants behavior is observed before the experiment and then during and after.

Answer 23

within subject exp.

Question 24

initial period during which a participants behavior is observed

Answer 24

baseline period

Question 25

repeating the experiment, switching between A and B, able to demonstrate the extent to which a behavior is influenced by the independent variable.

Answer 25

ABA reversal design

Question 26

offer the control that allows the researcher to derive clear cut principles

Answer 26

lab experiments

Question 27

done in natural settings, allow researcher to test lab-derived principles in a realistic way.

Answer 27

field exp.