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EDF 6225 EXAM 1 | FREQUENTLY TESTED
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS |
BRAND NEW!
ABA is - - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > ◦A scientific approach to improving
socially significant behavior...
◦In which procedures derived from the principles of behavior are
systematically applied to improve socially significant behavior...
◦And to demonstrate experimentally that the procedures
employed were responsible for the improvement in behavior
EAB outlined specific methodology for its practice - - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > - The rate or frequency of response is the most common
dependent variable
- Repeated or continuous measurement is made of carefully
defined response classes
- Within-subject experimental comparisons are used instead of
designs comparing the behavior of experimental & control
groups
- Visual analysis of graphed data is preferred over statistical
inference
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- A description of functional relations is valued over formal
theory testing
Radical behaviorism - - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Attempts to explain all
behavior, including private behavior (e.g. Thinking & feeling
Methodological behaviorism - - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > A philosophical
position that views behavioral events that cannot be publicly
observed as outside the realm of science.
6 key components of ABA - - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > 1. Guided by
attitudes of methods of scientific inquiry
2. All behavior change procedures are described & implemented
in a systematic, technological manner
3. Only procedures conceptually derived from the basic
principles of behavior are circumscribed by the field
4. Focus is socially significant behavior
5. Seeks to make meaningful improvement in important behavior
6. Seeks to produce an analysis of the factors responsible for
improvement
Domains of behavior analytic science - - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
◦Behaviorism
◦Experimental analysis of behavior (EAB)
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◦Applied behavior analysis (ABA)
◦Professional practice
Science - - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Systematic approach for seeking &
organizing knowledge about the natural world
Purpose of science - - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > ◦To achieve a thorough
understanding of the phenomena under study
ABA seeks to - - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > discover the real truths (not
those held by certain groups, organizations, etc.)
Three different types of investigations provide different levels of
understanding - - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > 1. Description
2. Prediction
3. Control
Description - - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > ◦Collection of facts about
observed events that can be quantified, classified, & examined
for possible relations with other known facts
◦Often suggests hypotheses or questions for additional research
EDF 6225 EXAM 1 | FREQUENTLY TESTED
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS |
BRAND NEW!
ABA is - - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > ◦A scientific approach to improving
socially significant behavior...
◦In which procedures derived from the principles of behavior are
systematically applied to improve socially significant behavior...
◦And to demonstrate experimentally that the procedures
employed were responsible for the improvement in behavior
EAB outlined specific methodology for its practice - - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > - The rate or frequency of response is the most common
dependent variable
- Repeated or continuous measurement is made of carefully
defined response classes
- Within-subject experimental comparisons are used instead of
designs comparing the behavior of experimental & control
groups
- Visual analysis of graphed data is preferred over statistical
inference
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- A description of functional relations is valued over formal
theory testing
Radical behaviorism - - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Attempts to explain all
behavior, including private behavior (e.g. Thinking & feeling
Methodological behaviorism - - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > A philosophical
position that views behavioral events that cannot be publicly
observed as outside the realm of science.
6 key components of ABA - - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > 1. Guided by
attitudes of methods of scientific inquiry
2. All behavior change procedures are described & implemented
in a systematic, technological manner
3. Only procedures conceptually derived from the basic
principles of behavior are circumscribed by the field
4. Focus is socially significant behavior
5. Seeks to make meaningful improvement in important behavior
6. Seeks to produce an analysis of the factors responsible for
improvement
Domains of behavior analytic science - - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
◦Behaviorism
◦Experimental analysis of behavior (EAB)
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◦Applied behavior analysis (ABA)
◦Professional practice
Science - - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Systematic approach for seeking &
organizing knowledge about the natural world
Purpose of science - - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > ◦To achieve a thorough
understanding of the phenomena under study
ABA seeks to - - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > discover the real truths (not
those held by certain groups, organizations, etc.)
Three different types of investigations provide different levels of
understanding - - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > 1. Description
2. Prediction
3. Control
Description - - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > ◦Collection of facts about
observed events that can be quantified, classified, & examined
for possible relations with other known facts
◦Often suggests hypotheses or questions for additional research
