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Unit 1 Flashcards

1
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Two types of behavior: _____

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Public and private

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2
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Response class: _____

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Responses with different topographies but same effect on environment

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3
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Behavior: The interaction between _____

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Living organism’s actions and the environment

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4
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Stimulus: _____

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Environmental change affecting the organism through its receptors
- If there is no stim change it is not stim

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5
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Response: _____

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Single instance of behavior

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6
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Private behavior: _____

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Behavior only observable by the organism engaging in it

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7
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Public behavior: _____

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Behavior that can be observed by others

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8
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Behaver: _____

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Organism whose behavior is being observed

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9
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Description, prediction, & control: _____

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Goals of science

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10
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Duration: _____

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Measure of time between the beginning and end of a response

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11
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Learning is a: _____

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Relatively permanent change in behavior

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12
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Behavior analysis studies: _____

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Effects of environmental variables on behavior

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13
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Behavior analysis is a: _____

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Natural science

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14
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Environment: _____

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Events, stimuli, and conditions that can affect behavior

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15
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Function: _____

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Effect of a response on the environment

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16
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Public environmental events are: _____

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Observable by others

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17
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Science is a systematic approach to: _____

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Understanding natural phenomena

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18
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Rate: _____

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Number of responses over a period of time

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19
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Learning occurs through: _____

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Experience

20
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Topography: _____

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Physical nature of the response

21
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Private environmental events are: _____

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  • Only observable by the organism itself

- Physical, not mental

22
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Basic Assumptions/Attitudes of Science

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  1. Parsimony
  2. Philosophic doubt
  3. Determinism
  4. Empiricism
  5. Experimentation
  6. Replication
23
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Parsimony

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Requires that all simple , logical explanations for the phenomenon under investigation be ruled out, experimentally or conceptually, before more complex or abstract explanations are considered.
- Avoids explanations based on inferred causal forces (not directly observed), such as Superstitions & Traits

24
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Philosophic Doubt

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Be open to new data leading to new interpretations/explanations
- Skepticism: Look for evidence that your own findings are incorrect as well

25
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Determinism

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First lawfulness is assumed, then proceed to look for lawful relations

26
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Experimentation

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The basic strategy; manipulate something and see its effect on the phenomenon of interest

27
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Social science

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Hypothetical constructs, that are indirect observation and have irregular measurements
- Ex. Political Science, Sociology, Economics

28
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Empiricism

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The practice of objective observation and measurement of the phenomena of interest
- No subjectivity

29
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Natural science

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  • Empirically observable
  • Manipulating IV & DV
  • Replicable
30
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Functional analysis

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  • Denotes demonstrations of functional relation between environmental V and bx
  • FA informs the design of effective tx
31
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Pre-scientific & quasi-scientific explanations

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Creates difficulties adopting ABA

  • Pre: The stars (astrology), The spirits
  • Quasi: The selves (e.g., personality)
32
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Behavior Analysis has two appropriate uses:

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  1. The scientific study of functional relations between behavior and environmental events
  2. The technological applications (Token economies)
33
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Radical behaviorism accounts:

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  • Thoughts and thinking
  • Feeling
  • Perception
  • Verbal bx
34
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Behavior is..

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Everything that an organism does

35
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Technical definition of behavior

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The interaction between an organism and its environment

36
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Critical Attributes of Behavior

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  1. Biological in nature
  2. Involves action
  3. Involves interaction between the organism and the environment
37
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Biological in nature

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Done by a living, individual organism… The behaver

38
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These are NOT organisms:

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A group or organization, Constructs (e.g., investments, capital gains, mutual funds), Inanimate objects (e.g., oceans)

39
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Involves action

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Involves specific action of, or some part of, the organism
- Movement of muscles and other body parts
- Glandular activity
Some physiological and neural activity
- Some physiological and neural activity

40
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What is the environment?

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  • The natural realm or physical “world”.
  • The things around you
  • What you: See, Hear, Smell, Taste
41
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Behavior is not

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  • A part of the organism
  • Something that an organism possesses
  • State of being
42
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Dead Man’s Test (Mannequin Test)

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  • If a dead person can do it, it is not behavior
  • Not doing something is not behavior
  • If an activity/movement can be explained by physics or the actions of another organism, it is not behavior
43
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“Specific Action” Test

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Look for active verbs

44
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Qs to determine if “it” is a behavior

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  1. Who is the behaver?
  2. What’s the potential behavior? (Was there action/interaction with the environment?)
  3. Is it behavior? (What is the specific action)
45
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Response vs. Behavior

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  1. Remember, response is a singular incident

2. Behavior refers to the constellation of responses for an organism

46
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Sense/Receptors

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A part of the environment
- Touch, Pressure, Temperature, Pain, Itch, Vibration, Organic sense (deep sensations) Kinesthesis (muscle sense), Vestibular sense (balance)

47
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Private environment consist of:

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  1. The immediate physical environment or set of circumstances (situation) in which behavior occurs
  2. Stimulus

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