Section A

Question 1

Applied Behavior Analysis [ABA]

Answer 1

principles of behavior are applied to improve socially significant behavior

Question 2

Behaviorism

Answer 2

the philosophy of behavior

Question 3

Experimental Analysis of Behavior [EAB]

Answer 3

experimental analysis of behavior; the environment (lab) in which the theory of behavior is manipulated and tested

Question 4

explanatory fiction

Answer 4

type of mentalism that uses words like “knows” and “wants” to explain why behavior happened

Question 5

hypothetical construct

Answer 5

uses labels of inner dimension to explain why behavior happens

Question 6

mentalism

Answer 6

explaining WHY behavior happens is due to an inner dimension

Question 7

methodological behaviorism

Answer 7

Watson; belief that only observable public events can be studied

Question 8

pragmatism

Answer 8

logical, practical

Question 9

S-O-R

Answer 9

Watson’s Methodological Behaviorism

Question 10

S-R-S

Answer 10

Skinner’s Radical Behaviorism

Question 11

S-R

Answer 11

Watson’s Behaviorism

Question 12

radical behaviorism

Answer 12

Skinner; belief that private events can also be studied just like public events

Question 13

Determinism

Answer 13

cause & effect, lawfully & orderly

Question 14

Empiricism

Answer 14

objective; based on data and observation, independent by individual biases

Question 15

Experimentation

Answer 15

control of iv and dv

Question 16

Replication

Answer 16

repeating an intervention to increase reliability & external validity

Question 17

Functional Relation

Answer 17

IV causes change in DV

Question 18

Parsimony

Answer 18

simple before complex

Question 19

Pragmatism

Answer 19

practical and objective observations

Question 20

Philosophical Doubt

Answer 20

healthy skepticism #showmethedata

Question 21

Ontogeny

Answer 21

selection by consequences seen in an individual’s lifetime/learning history

Question 22

Phylogeny

Answer 22

selection by consequences seen through evolution of a species

Question 23

Selectionism

Answer 23

certain characteristics are selected and survive because it benefits the individual/species/group of organisms –> selection by consequences

Question 24

Cultural Selectionism

Answer 24

selection by consequences on a macro scale, politics, education, religion [etc. through imitation and modeling of behaviors]

Question 25

Science

Answer 25

a systematic approach to studying and understanding natural phenomena

Question 26

Description

Answer 26

first level of scientific understanding - observable and measurable; documentation; collection of facts

Question 27

Prediction

Answer 27

second level of scientific understanding, hypothesizing an outcome based on patterns; correlation

Question 28

Control

Answer 28

Causation; functional relationship; highest level of scientific understanding

Question 29

Applied

Answer 29

the focus on behavior-change that is socially significant

Question 30

Behavioral

Answer 30

observable and measurable

Question 31

Technological

Answer 31

Layman’s terms; detailed descriptions that allow other to replicate procedures

Question 32

Conceptually Systematic

Answer 32

based on the principles of aba

Question 33

Analytical

Answer 33

the data proves there is a functional relationship

Question 34

Generality

Answer 34

The skills learned can be demonstrated across time, environments, people, behaviors, & stimuli and are maintained over time.

Question 35

Effective

Answer 35

the intervention improves behavior to a practical degree

Question 36

3 Levels of Scientific Understanding D.P.C [Don't Pass up Cooper]

Answer 36

Description - Prediction - Control

Question 37

Philosophical Assumptions D.E.E.R.P.P.P.S

Answer 37

Determinism - Empiricism - Experimentation - Replication - Parsimony - Pragmitism - Philosophical Doubt - Selectionism

Question 38

Seven Dimensions B.A.T.C.A.G.E or G.E.T.A.C.A.B

Answer 38

Generality - Effective - Technological - Applied - Conceptually Systematic - Analytic - Behavioral

Question 39

Mentalism [HEC]

Answer 39

Hypothetical Construct Explanatory Fiction Circular Reasoning

Question 40

Domains [BEAP]

Answer 40

Behaviorism Experimental Analysis of Behavior Applied Behavior Analysis Professional Guided Practice

Question 41

Principles of ABA [PER]

Answer 41

Punishment - Extinction - Reinforcement

Question 42

AKA: Prediction

Answer 42

Correlation

Question 43

AKA: Control

Answer 43

Causation, Functional Relationship, Analytical

Question 44

AKA: Experimentation

Answer 44

Experimental Analysis

Question 45

AKA: Analytic

Answer 45

Functional Relationship, Control, Causation

Question 46

AKA: Generality

Answer 46

Generalization

Question 47

AKA: Mentalism

Answer 47

Psychic, Attitude, Feelings

Question 48

AKA: Hypothetical Constructs

Answer 48

Imaginary Constructs

Question 49

AKA: Behaviorism

Answer 49

Conceptual Analysis of Behavior

Question 50

AKA: Classical Condtitioning

Answer 50

Pavlovian Conditioning; Stimulus-Stimulus Pairing

Question 51

AKA: Methodological Behaviorism

Answer 51

Watsonian Behaviorism; S-R Psychology

Question 52

AKA: Darwinian Selectionism

Answer 52

Selection by Consequence