Task List A Flashcards
3 Levels of Scientific Understanding
Description, Prediction and Control
Description
1st level; fact that are derived from observered evetns and can help us idenitifty a hyothesis for further exploration.
Prediction
2nd level; when repeated observations show that there is a consistant relationship between 2 events and predict when one event occurs, the other will occur.
Correlation and Covariation
AKA Predicition
Control
3rd higest level of a scientific understanding; demonstrating a functional relation
Philospohical Assumptions
Determinism
Empiricism
Parisomony
Pragmatism
Selectionism
Determinism
lawful and orderly; predicitable
assumption
Empiricism
- upon what knowledge is built;
- The act of objective observation and measurement
- Evidence = data = facts
assumption
Parsimony
Simplest theory - assumption
Pragmatism
Most practical approach - assumption
Selectionism
Selectron by consquence
anything that evolves does so due to the cons - assumption
Experimentation
(no longer assumption)Basic strategy of msot sciences; controlled comparison of the DV under 2 or more conditions IV; Ex - FA
Replication
(no longer assumption)Repeating expirements to determine reliability of findings
philosphical doubt
(no longer assumption)question the truth; healthy skeptism
Behavioral
Studying and precisely measuring the activity of living organisms (physical events) rather than perceptions or descriptions of events; observable and measureable; dimension of science
Appiled
Socially significant for participants (improve their day-to-day life experiences) and/ or socially significant to participant’s significant others (resulting in more positive behavior toward the participant) Dimension of science
Technological
Detailing procedures for behavior change in sufficient detail so that replication can occur. Dimension of science
Conceptually Systematic
Procedures are dervied from basic principles of behavior. 4 princ of bx punishment, Rein, ext and stimulus control Dimension
Analytic
Demonstrating a functional relation between a manipulated variable/ event and a reliable change in some measurable dimension of the targeted behavior. Dimension
Generality
Producing behavior change that lasts over time, appears in new environments other than the one in which the intervention initially took place, or spreads to other behaviors not directly treated by the intervention. Dimension
Effective
Producing large enough behavior change for practical value. Meaningful change; Dimension
