Technical Definitions of ABA

Question 1

Behavior

Answer 1

a portion of organism interactions with its environments that is characterized by detectable displacement of space through time of some part of the organism and results in a measurable change in at least one aspect of the environment

Question 2

Response

Answer 2

an action of the organisms effector which is an organ at the end of an efferent nerve fiber that is specialized for altering its environment mechanically, chemically, or in terms of other energy changes

Question 3

Environment

Answer 3

conglomerate of real circumstances in which the organisms or preferred part of the organism exists

Question 4

Stimulus

Answer 4

energy change that affects an organism through its receptor cells

Question 5

Response Class

Answer 5

is a group of behaviors of varying topography all of which produce the same effect on the environments

Question 6

Science

Answer 6

systematic approach to understanding of natural phenomena
- evidence by description
- experimentation is basic strategy
- parsimony is conservative value
- philosophic doubt as its guiding conscience

Question 7

Stimulus Class

Answer 7

is any group of stimuli sharing a predetermined set of common elements in one or more of the aforementioned dimensions