Test 1 study guide

Question 1

What are the three levels of scientific understanding?

Answer 1

1. Description (observation).
   - To be a scientist, you first observe.
   - You observe it, then you describe it.
2. Prediction
   - What behavior will occur under what circumstances
3. Control (Experimentation)
   - Best way to predict is to control the environment ( experiment)

Question 2

What are the attitudes of science?

Answer 2

determinism, pre-determinism, empiricism, replication, parsimony, philosophical doubt.

Question 3

An assumption, not provable is

Answer 3

determinism

Question 4

A belief that your life is already laid out for you.

Answer 4

pre-determinism

Question 5

Things we study have to be observed and we must be objective in our observations is considered as

Answer 5

empiricism

Question 6

Very important in science. The repeating of experiments (as well as repeating independent variable conditions within experiments) is known as

Answer 6

replication

Question 7

Describing what you can observe. “All explanations make assumptions, but we must use the explanation that makes the fewest assumptions” is known as

Answer 7

parsimony

Question 8

Skepticism -demands responsible evidence, critical thinking skills. Don’t just accept things that you are told This is known as..

Answer 8

Philosophical doubt

Question 9

The science in which tactics derived from the principles of behavior are applied systematically to improve socially significant behavior and experimentation is used to identify the variables responsible for behavior change is known as

Answer 9

applied behavior analysis

Question 10

Three branches of behaviorism are

Answer 10

behaviorism, experimental analysis, applied analysis

Question 11

Systematically seeking to understand and organize the world is the concept of

Answer 11

science

Question 12

What is the basic principle of behavior?

Answer 12

Anything an organism does.