Week 1

Question 1

Stimulus-stimulus pairing

Answer 1

Occurrence of two or more stimuli at approximately the same time

Question 2

Watsonian Behaviorism

Answer 2

Stimulus-Response (S-R) Psychology

Question 3

Radical behaviorist

Answer 3

Behaviorist who studies all human behavior (public and private)

Question 4

Conditioned Response (CR)

Answer 4

A learned response elicited by CS

Question 5

Behaviorism

Answer 5

The philosophy of the science of behavior

Question 6

Three branches of behavior analyses

Answer 6

Behaviorism, EAB, and ABA

Question 7

Response

Answer 7

Specific instance of a behavior

Question 8

Reflex

Answer 8

(Stimulus + response) Functional Unit

Question 9

Behavioral

Answer 9

Selected behaviors for change must be measurable and observable

Question 10

Define EAB

Answer 10

Laboratory research on basic processes and principles

Question 11

Skinner was a _________ behaviorist

Answer 11

Radical

Question 12

Attitudes of Science

Answer 12

-Determinism
-Empiricism
-Experimentation
-Replication
-Parsimony
-Philosophic doubt

Question 13

Respondent Conditioning

Answer 13

NS squires the eliciting property of US or CS through stimulus-stimulus pairing

Question 14

Respondent Behavior

Answer 14

Response that is elicited by antecedent stimuli

Question 15

7 Dimensions of ABA

Answer 15

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

Question 16

ABA

Answer 16

Applied behavioral analysis

Question 17

Unlearned stimulus that elicits a UR is _______

Answer 17

US

Question 18

Higher order pairing or conditioning

Answer 18

The process of pairing NS with CS

Question 19

Define ABA

Answer 19

Applying basic principles of behavior to solve problems of social significance

Question 20

Respondent Extinction

Answer 20

Presentation of CS without US and the CS loses its eliciting function

Question 21

EAB

Answer 21

The experimental analysis of behavior

Question 22

Parsimony

Answer 22

Experimentally or conceptually ruling out all simple logical explanations for the phenomenon first.

Question 23

Activation Syndrome

Answer 23

UR that involves smooth muscles (stomach, heart glands) elicited by painful or intense stimulus.

Question 24

Analytic

Answer 24

Demonstrating functional relationship between IV and DV

Question 25

Determinism

Answer 25

Presumption that the universe is lawful and orderly place.

Question 26

Applied

Answer 26

Teaching or increasing socially significant appropriate behaviors.

Question 27

Accidentalism

Answer 27

Presumption that events in universe occur by accident.

Question 28

Habituation

Answer 28

Due to continuous exposure, CS or US elicit gradually diminishing response rates.

Question 29

Fatalism

Answer 29

Belief that events are predetermined (no cause and effect)

Question 30

Empiricism

Answer 30

Objective observation of the phenomenon of interest.

Question 31

Replication

Answer 31

Repeating an experiment to get the same results.

Question 32

Emotions are

Answer 32

Conditioned responses

Question 33

Unconditioned response

Answer 33

An unlearned response elicited by US

Question 34

Experimentation

Answer 34

Basic strategy to establish cause and effect relationships

Question 35

All scientific knowledge is built on

Answer 35

Empiricism

Question 36

Respondent behavior is

Answer 36

Involuntary

Question 37

Behavior analysts first assumes

Answer 37

Lawfulness

Question 38

The stimulus that elicits a CR is

Answer 38

Conditioned stimulus (CS)

Question 39

Dependent variable

Answer 39

Phenomena under investigation (target behavior)

Question 40

Conceptually systematic

Answer 40

Using principles of behavior analysis to describe and develop behavior change procedures

Question 41

Unconditioned stimulus (US)

Answer 41

Stimulus that elicits a response without prior learning