FK-01/09 Foundational Knowledge: Chapter 1 Flashcards
Chapter1 (37 cards)
Experimental analysis of behavior (EAB) is….
Research on basic processes & principals.
*done in laboratories.
Conceptually systematic is….
All procedures used should be tied to the basic principles of behavior analysis from which they were derived.
Philosophical Doubt is…
Health skepticism
critical eye about the results of studies & your work with clients.
Conceptual Analysis of Behavior
AKA: behaviorism
Examines philosophical, theoretical, historical & methodological issues.
An example of description….
of correct math problems
What is applied?
Improves socially significant behaviors.
ABA improves ever day life of clients.
Explanatory fictions
Fictitious variables that are another name for the observed behavior.
Ex: knows, wants and figures out.
What is Control?
AKA: Causation
Functional Relation.
*The highest level of scientific understanding. *
Experimental demonstration that manipulating one event (i.e. IV) results in another event (i.e. DV).
What are the 6 attitudes of Sciences?
Hint: DEERPP
Determinism Empiricism Experimentation Replication Parsimony Philosophical Doubt
What’s the purpose of science?
To achieve a thorough understanding of the phenomena under study.
Parsimony is….
Simplest theory.
Help scientist fit findings within their field’s existing knowledge base.
All simple & logical explanations must be ruled out before considering more complex explanations.
What are the 4 branches of Behavior Analysis?
Hint: case
Conceptual Analysis of Behavior
ABA
Behavior Service Delivery
Experimental Analysis of Behavior (EAB)
The 7 dimensions were outlined in the first edition of JABA; what year ___ and by who ___?
1968; Baer Wolf and Risley
What is
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)?
Scientific approach
Socially significant behavior
Technology of behavior change that is practical and applicable.
Determinism is…..
Lawfulness: If/Then statements
Cause & Effect
The world is orderly & predictable.
Circular reasoning
Cause & effect are both inferred from the same information.
Ex: he cried because he FELT sad.
What is prediction?
AKA: correlation; covariation
Two events may occur at the same time.
(Does NOT mean one causes the other).
Behavior service delivery refers to…
Refers to many people working in the field that are not BCBAs that implement ABA within their profession.
What is description?
Systematic observation that can be quantified and classified.
(NOT casual explanation)
What is Behavioral? (BATCAGE)
observable events
behavior one chooses must be the behavior in need of improvement (i.e. change).
Hypothetical constructs
AKA: imaginary constructs
Unobserved
Ex: Free will, readiness, information processing.
What are the 3 levels of scientific understanding?
Hint: DPC
- Description
- Prediction
- Control
What are the 7 dimensions of ABA?
Hint: BATCAGE
Behavioral Applied Technological Conceptually Systematic Analytical Generality Effective
Experimentation is…
AKA: Experimental analysis
The basic strategy of most sciences.
Requires manipulating variables so as to see the effects on the DV (dependent variable).
An assessment to determine if one event caused another event.
Requries all variables to be controlled except the DV.
