Exam 1 week 2

Question 1

Paradigms

Answer 1

a general approach to or way of thinking about problems

Question 2

hypothesis

Answer 2

guess or assumptions about cause and effect relationships

Question 3

independent variable

Answer 3

manipulated variable.

Question 4

extraneous variable

Answer 4

unwanted variable (counfounding, nuisance)

Question 5

operational definitions

Answer 5

define an event in termsof the operations required to measure it

Question 6

cumulative record

Answer 6

measures the rate of responding of learning

Question 7

baseline period

Answer 7

control group

Question 8

possitive corelation

Answer 8

both correlations will rise or fall together

Question 9

experimental group

Answer 9

the group that experiences the experiemental procedure (IV inflicted)

Question 10

theories

Answer 10

general summarie statements about cause and effect in relationships. widely accepted

Question 11

laws and principles

Answer 11

cause andeffect relationships supported by much evidence (2nd law of thermodynamics)

Question 12

dependent variable

Answer 12

responses that change because of the IV. the consequence. the result.

Question 13

ABA reversal design

Answer 13

a type of singlecase experimental design in which a Baseline of Behavior is first taken (A), followed by an Intervention phase (B), then a return to baseline phase where the intervention is removed (A), and a final phase in which the intervention is reintroduced (B). When changes in behavior occur only during the intervention phases, this provides evidence that changes in behavior are due to the intervention.

Question 14

measurement

Answer 14

assigning a number to an observation

Question 15

cumulative record

Answer 15

device that record operant behavivor overal.

Question 16

matched sampling

Answer 16

separately dran samples which are alike inprofile

Question 17

negative correlation

Answer 17

one corelation will go up, the other down

Question 18

control group

Answer 18

doesn’t recieve IV

Question 19

what are the five basic research designs? what are thier advantages and disadvantages?

Answer 19

ANECDOTAL: naturalistic
CASE STUDIES: N, objectivity
DESCRIPTIVE STUDIES: N, O, Generability, Repeat
COMPARATICE/CORR.: N, O, G, R
CONTROLL EXPERIMENTAL: O, G, R, Causalty

Question 20

what are the four stages of the scientific method as described in the reasearch methods video

Answer 20

problem defination, select design perform procedures, organize summarize analyze data, and report the results.