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Two types of behavior: _____

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Public and private

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Response class: _____

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Responses with different topographies but same effect on environment

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Behavior: The interaction between _____

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Living organism’s actions and the environment

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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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Response: _____

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Single instance of behavior

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Private behavior: _____

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Behavior only observable by the organism engaging in it

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Public behavior: _____

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Behavior that can be observed by others

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Behaver: _____

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Organism whose behavior is being observed

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Description, prediction, & control: _____

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Goals of science

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Duration: _____

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Measure of time between the beginning and end of a response

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Learning is a: _____

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Relatively permanent change in behavior

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Behavior analysis studies: _____

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Effects of environmental variables on behavior

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Behavior analysis is a: _____

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Natural science

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Environment: _____

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Events, stimuli, and conditions that can affect behavior

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Function: _____

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Effect of a response on the environment

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Public environmental events are: _____

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Observable by others

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Science is a systematic approach to: _____

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Understanding natural phenomena

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Rate: _____

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Number of responses over a period of time

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Learning occurs through: _____

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Topography: _____

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Physical nature of the response

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Private environmental events are: _____

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  • Only observable by the organism itself

- Physical, not mental

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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
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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

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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

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Determinism
First lawfulness is assumed, then proceed to look for lawful relations
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Experimentation
The basic strategy; manipulate something and see its effect on the phenomenon of interest
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Social science
Hypothetical constructs, that are indirect observation and have irregular measurements - Ex. Political Science, Sociology, Economics
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Empiricism
The practice of objective observation and measurement of the phenomena of interest - No subjectivity
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Natural science
- Empirically observable - Manipulating IV & DV - Replicable
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Functional analysis
- Denotes demonstrations of functional relation between environmental V and bx - FA informs the design of effective tx
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Pre-scientific & quasi-scientific explanations
Creates difficulties adopting ABA - Pre: The stars (astrology), The spirits - Quasi: The selves (e.g., personality)
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Behavior Analysis has two appropriate uses:
1. The scientific study of functional relations between behavior and environmental events 2. The technological applications (Token economies)
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Radical behaviorism accounts:
- Thoughts and thinking - Feeling - Perception - Verbal bx
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Behavior is..
Everything that an organism does
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Technical definition of behavior
The interaction between an organism and its environment
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Critical Attributes of Behavior
1. Biological in nature 2. Involves action 3. Involves interaction between the organism and the environment
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Biological in nature
Done by a living, individual organism... The behaver
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These are NOT organisms:
A group or organization, Constructs (e.g., investments, capital gains, mutual funds), Inanimate objects (e.g., oceans)
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Involves action
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
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What is the environment?
- The natural realm or physical “world”. - The things around you - What you: See, Hear, Smell, Taste
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Behavior is not
- A part of the organism - Something that an organism possesses - State of being
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Dead Man's Test (Mannequin Test)
- 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
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“Specific Action” Test
Look for active verbs
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Qs to determine if "it" is a behavior
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)
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Response vs. Behavior
1. Remember, response is a singular incident | 2. Behavior refers to the constellation of responses for an organism
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Sense/Receptors
A part of the environment - Touch, Pressure, Temperature, Pain, Itch, Vibration, Organic sense (deep sensations) Kinesthesis (muscle sense), Vestibular sense (balance)
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Private environment consist of:
1. The immediate physical environment or set of circumstances (situation) in which behavior occurs 2. Stimulus

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