EDF 6226 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026 VERIFIED.
The ratio of the x axis to the y axis should be...? - ANS 2:3
What is correlation? - ANS A relationship between two variables that can be used to
predict the relative probability that one event will occur, based on the presence of the other
event
What are the three levels of scientific understanding? - ANS Description, prediction,
control
Dr. Pennypacker made an important distinction that we do not control behavior, what we do
control is the ..... - ANS Environment
True or False: Behavior analysts believe that behavior is intrinsic to the organism -
ANS False - we believe behavior is extrinsic to the organism
What is prediction in behavior analysis? - ANS The anticipated outcome of presently
known or future measurement. It is the most elegant use of quantification upon which
validation of all scientific and technological activity rests - Pennypacker
, What is experimental control? - ANS A predictable change in behavior can be reliably
produced by the systematic manipulation of some aspect of the persons environment
What two things make up experimental control? - ANS Internal validity + external validity
What variable is dependent in behavior analysis? - ANS Behavior
What variable is independent in behavior analysis? - ANS The environmental
manipulations
What variables do we have to control in order to establish experimental control? -
ANS Two - independent variables and extraneous variables
What type of experimental design involves manipulating the value of the independent variable?
- ANS Parametric
What type of experimental design involves manipulating the presentation or removal of the
independent variable? - ANS Nonparametric
What is verification in behavior analysis? - ANS Verification of the previously predicted
level of baseline by termination or withdrawal of the independent/treatment variable
What is replication in behavior analysis? - ANS Reintroducing the treatment variable
What is the definition of a functional relation in behavior analysis? - ANS A statement that
occurs when a well-controlled experiment demonstrates that a specific change in one event is
reliably produced by specific manipulations of the other event, and that change was unlikely
due to extraneous variables
ANSWERS 2026 VERIFIED.
The ratio of the x axis to the y axis should be...? - ANS 2:3
What is correlation? - ANS A relationship between two variables that can be used to
predict the relative probability that one event will occur, based on the presence of the other
event
What are the three levels of scientific understanding? - ANS Description, prediction,
control
Dr. Pennypacker made an important distinction that we do not control behavior, what we do
control is the ..... - ANS Environment
True or False: Behavior analysts believe that behavior is intrinsic to the organism -
ANS False - we believe behavior is extrinsic to the organism
What is prediction in behavior analysis? - ANS The anticipated outcome of presently
known or future measurement. It is the most elegant use of quantification upon which
validation of all scientific and technological activity rests - Pennypacker
, What is experimental control? - ANS A predictable change in behavior can be reliably
produced by the systematic manipulation of some aspect of the persons environment
What two things make up experimental control? - ANS Internal validity + external validity
What variable is dependent in behavior analysis? - ANS Behavior
What variable is independent in behavior analysis? - ANS The environmental
manipulations
What variables do we have to control in order to establish experimental control? -
ANS Two - independent variables and extraneous variables
What type of experimental design involves manipulating the value of the independent variable?
- ANS Parametric
What type of experimental design involves manipulating the presentation or removal of the
independent variable? - ANS Nonparametric
What is verification in behavior analysis? - ANS Verification of the previously predicted
level of baseline by termination or withdrawal of the independent/treatment variable
What is replication in behavior analysis? - ANS Reintroducing the treatment variable
What is the definition of a functional relation in behavior analysis? - ANS A statement that
occurs when a well-controlled experiment demonstrates that a specific change in one event is
reliably produced by specific manipulations of the other event, and that change was unlikely
due to extraneous variables
