Ch.1

Question 1

The level of investigation that involves the collection of facts about observed events that can be quantified, classified, and examined for possible relations with other known facts, and often suggests hypotheses or questions for additional research is

Answer 1

Description

Question 2

The level of investigation that demonstrates correlations between events and is based on repeated observation is

Answer 2

Prediction

Question 3

The level of investigation in which functional relations can be derived is

Answer 3

Control

Question 4

True overall goal of ___ is to achieve a thorough understanding of the phenomenon under study

Answer 4

Science

Question 5

A functional relation means that?

Answer 5

Specific change in the dependent variable can reliably be produced by specific manipulations in the independent variable, and the change in the dependent variable was unlikely to be the result of confounding variables

Question 6

This is the assumption upon which science is predicted, the idea that the universe is a lawful and orderly place in, which all phenomena occur as the result of other events

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Determinism

Question 7

This is the idea that simple, logical explanations must be ruled out, experimentally or conceptually, before more complex or abstract explanations are considered

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Parsimony

Question 8

This is the branch of behavior analysis that focuses on basic research

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Experimental analysis of behavior

Question 9

The S-R-S model of psychology is also known as

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Three-term contingency

Question 10

The person is considered to be the founder of experimental analysis of behavior

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B.F. SKinner

Question 11

This is the approach to understanding behavior that assumes that a mental or “inner: dimension exists that differs from a behavioral dimension and that phenomena in this dimension either directly cause or at least mediate some forms of behavior

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Mentalism

Question 12

These events marked the formal beginning of contemporary applied behavior analysis

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The journal of applied behavior analysis began publication and “Some current dimensions of applied behavior analysis,” by Baer, Wolf, and Risley, was published

Question 13

This is the defining characteristic of behavior analysis that focuses on investigating socially significant behaviors with immediate importance to the participants

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Applied

Question 14

This is the defining characteristic of applied behavior analysis that demonstrates experimental control over the occurrence and non occurrence of the behavior

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Analytic