Task List A

Question 1

Systematic observations that can be quantified & classified

-Simply describing what you see, objectively

Answer 1

Description

Question 2

2 events vary consistently (ex: when 1 even occurs, we are likely to see the other, but one doesn’t necessarily cause the other)
A.K.A “correlations”
-Correlation does not mean causation

Answer 2

Prediction

Question 3

(Functional Relation)
Experimental demonstration that manipulating one event results in another event
-Highest level of scientific understanding

Answer 3

Control

Question 4

Erin tapped her pencil 27 times

Answer 4

Description

Question 5

Erin is more likely to tap her pencil when she is wearing a black shirt

Answer 5

Prediction

Question 6

Conducting an experiment to find out what makes Erin tap her pencil

Answer 6

Control

Question 7

The belief that the universe is a lawful & orderly place & that all phenomena occur as a result of other events
-Things don’t just happen-they are caused by other factors

Answer 7

Determinism

Question 8

The practice of objective observations

-Demands objective observation based on thorough description & precise quantification of the phenomena of interest

Answer 8

Empiricism

Question 9

Strategy of controlling & manipulating variables while carefully observing events (ex: experimental analysis, manipulation of variables)

Answer 9

Experimentation

Question 10

The repeating of experiments

• Primary method in which scientists determine the reliability & usefulness of their findings
• Can also help discover their mistakes

Answer 10

Replication

Question 11

Requires that all simple, logical explanations for the phenomena under investigation be rules out experimentally before more complex or abstract explanations are considered
-Favors the simplest explanations with the fewest assumptions

Answer 11

Parsimony

Question 12

Healthy skepticism, requires scientists to continually question the truthfulness of what is regarded as a face
-Scientists must constantly be willing to set aside their own beliefs & findings & replace them with knowledge derived from new discoveries

Answer 12

Philosophic Doubt

Question 13

involves assessing the usefulness of an explanation/procedure in regards to outcomes & results

• As a BA, you should be implementing interventions & txs that actually work
• Just because something “should” work, does not necessarily mean that it will work for a specific population

Answer 13

Pragmaticism

Question 14

Acknowledges the existence of private events, but do not consider them in the study of bx or BA
-Only focuses on what can be observed

Answer 14

Methodological Behaviorism

Question 15

Includes & seeks to understand all human bx

• Conceptualized by Skinner
• Far-reaching & thoroughgoing

Answer 15

Radical Behaviorism

Question 16

1. Private events such as thoughts & feelings are bx
2. bx that takes place within the skin is only different than observable bx by its inaccessibility
3. Private bx is influenced by the same kinds of variables as all other observable bx

Answer 16

3 assumptions of radical behaviorism

Question 17

Looks at the theoretical & conceptual issues of behaviorism

Answer 17

Conceptual Analysis of Bx

Question 18

Philosophical & theoretical foundations of the science

-This is where our science started

Answer 18

Behaviorism

Question 19

Basic research

-Involves lab settings with both human & non-human subjects

Answer 19

Experimental Analysis of bx

Question 20

Science in which procedures derived fro the principles of bx are systematically applied to improve socially significant bx to a meaningful degree & to demonstrate experimentally that the procedures employed were responsible for the improvement in bx
-Still includes experiments, but this type of research focuses on socially significant bxs

Answer 20

ABA

Question 21

When a BA designs, implements, evaluates bc in applied settings

• Taking the technology for tx/delivering tx
• Professional practice

Answer 21

Behavior Science Delivery

Question 22

Social significance of the bx under investigation

-Meaningful outcomes to improve the quality of lives

Answer 22

Applied

Question 23

(1) bx chosen for study must be the bx in need of improvement
(2) bx must be able to be measured- must be observable
(3) Necessary to ask whose bx has changed

Answer 23

Behavioral

Question 24

Researcher demonstrates a functional relation between the manipulated events & the bx of interest
-There is a functional relation between the intervention & the bx change

Answer 24

Analytical

Question 25

All procedures used in the study are completely identified & precisely described
-Important for the future replication of experiments & the correct implementation of interventions

Answer 25

Technological

Question 26

Describing the procedures for bx change in terms of the relevant principle(s) from which they were derived
-Everything ties back to the basic principles of BA

Answer 26

Conceptually Systematic

Question 27

Improved the bx under investigation to a practical degree

• Clinical significance of the IV
• Important to ask: does it work?

Answer 27

Effective

Question 28

Bx change has ? if it lasts over time, appears in the environments other than the one in which the behavioral techniques were applied, or spreads to other bx change

Answer 28

Generality