experimentation correct answers In applied behavior analysis ______ is used to identify the
variables responsible for the improvement in behavior.
applied behavior analysis (ABA) correct answers The science in which tactics derived from the
principles of behavior are applied to improve socially significant behavior
behavior correct answers In applied behavior analysis experimentation is used to identify
variables responsible for the improvement of ______
socially significant correct answers In applied behavior analysis intervention is reserved for
______ ______ behaviors.
behaviorism correct answers The philosophy and science of behavior
determinism correct answers The universe is a lawful and orderly place.
accidentalism correct answers Determinism is the antithesis to ______
phenomena correct answers With the assumption of determinism, all ______ occur as the result
of other events.
objective correct answers Empiricism requires ______ observation.
empiricism correct answers The practice of objective observation of the phenomena of interest
experiment correct answers A comparison of a dependent variable under two or more different
conditions.
behavior correct answers Empiricism is the foremost rule in the science of ______
dependent variable correct answers An experiment is a comparison of a ______ ______ under
two or more independent variables.
independent variable correct answers In an experiment, only one ______ ______ is introduced at
a time.
explanatory fiction correct answers A fictitious or hypothetical variable that contributes nothing
to a functional account or understanding of the phenomena.
hypothetical correct answers Explanatory fiction is a ______ variable that adds nothing to
functional understanding of behavior.
explanatory fiction correct answers Saying intelligence is the reason for higher levels of
responding with a discriminated operant
, functional relation correct answers When an experiment reveals a change in one event can be
reliably produced by manipulations of another event
functional correct answers Changes in a dependent variable can be reliably produced by changes
in an independent variable show a ______ relation.
dependent variable correct answers A functional relation is shown when changes in a(n) ______
______ can be reliably attributed to an independent variable.
constructs correct answers Presumed but unobserved entities that cannot be manipulated in an
experiment are hypothetical ______
functional relation correct answers The analyst can reliably show an increase in manding with
contingent reinforcement. This suggests a ______ ______
mentalism correct answers Assuming a mental or "inner" dimension exists that differs from a
behavioral dimension.
hypothetical correct answers Cognitive processes and free will are ______ constructs.
inner correct answers In mentalism, behavior is mediated by a mental or ______ dimension.
mentalism correct answers Assuming that phenomena in the mental dimension either cause or
mediate some forms of behavior.
methodological behaviorism correct answers A philosophical position that views behavioral
events that cannot be observed as outside the realm of science
mentalism correct answers The researcher said that cognitive processes were the cause and
function of the observable behavior.
observed correct answers Methodological behaviorism views behavioral events that cannot be
______ as outside the realm of science.
existence correct answers Methodological behaviorism denies the ______ of "inner" events or
considers them outside the realm of science.
scientific correct answers The attitude of parsimony is critical to ______ explanations.
parsimony correct answers All simple, logical explanations are ruled out before more complex
explanations are considered.
parsimony correct answers The researcher keeps an attitude of ______ by checking for more
simple explanations.