Mastery Guide: Behaviorism, Applied Behavior Analysis, Determinism,
Empiricism, Mentalism, Methodological Behaviorism, Radical Behaviorism,
Explanatory Fiction, Hypothetical Constructs, Functional Relations, Cause-
and-Effect Analysis, Experimentation, Scientific Method, Objective
Observation, Data Collection, Measurement, Replication, Selectionism,
Phylogeny, Ontogeny, Independent & Dependent Variables, Experimental
Control, Internal & External Validity, Confounding & Extraneous Variables,
Generality, Environmental Influences, Socially Significant Behavior,
Reinforcement, Manding, Behavior Change, Evidence-Based Practice, and
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Explanatory fiction
a fictitious or hypothetical variable that contributes nothing to a functional account or
understanding of the phenomena
Determinism
The universe is a lawful and orderly place
, Behavorism
The philosophy and science of behavior
Constructs
Presumed but unobserved entities that cannot be manipulated in an experiment are
hypothetical ____________________.
Mentalism
Assuming that phenomena in the mental dimension either cause or mediate some forms of
behavior
Empiricism
the practice of objective observation of the phenomena of interest
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
The science in which tactics derived from the principles of behavior are applied to improve
socially significant behavior
Functional Relation (1c)
The analyst can reliably show an increase in manding with contingent reinforcement. This
suggest a ____________ ______________.