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__ is more than the mere description of events as they occur. It is an attempt to discover order, to show that certain events stand in __ to other events (Skinner, 1953, p.6)." - ANSWER science, lawful relations Being scientifically skeptical means that until there is __ available, assumptions should not be made. - ANSWER evidence In order to be excellent stewards of science, as behavior analysts, we can follow a few guidelines when gathering and evaluating evidence. This includes reducing __ by ensuring interobserver agreement, examining for actual __ (as opposed to effects that could have produced changes without the intervention), __ and self-correction. - ANSWER bias, evidence, replication With __ we look for the simplest explanation possible, not extensive mentalistic explanations. - ANSWER parsimony "Behaviorism is not the science of human behavior; it is the __ of that science" (Skinner, 1974) - ANSWER philosophy Structuralism relied on __ which looked inward to describe sensations, images, and feelings. - ANSWER introspection behaviorism might be thought of as a psychological version of logical positivism or operationism. - ANSWER methodological While some methodological behaviorists accept that there are mental states, they have ruled them completely out of consideration. This is not a new concept and was once referred to as __ - ANSWER psychophysical parallelism In Pavlov's early research, he did not jump to conclusions to suggest that the dog was "thinking" of food, and therefore salivating. Instead, he carefully controlled conditions that allowed him to show that particular stimuli can "acquire" the ability to elicit secretion. His careful analysis of the scientific method allowed him to avoid both __ and __ fictions - ANSWER mentalistic, explanatory The evolutionary explanation for reflexes indicates that they are for the survival of the organism. However, we know all too well that sometimes responses can be conditioned that serve no purpose - even add a __ purpose - to our complex lives. - ANSWER debilitating Skinner (1953) informed us "Although the process of __ greatly extends the scope of the eliciting stimulus, it does not bring all the behavior of the organism within such __ "(p. 56). Conditioning can add numerous different eliciting stimuli, but it will never fashion a __ response. - ANSWER conditioning, stimulus control, novel According to Skinner, contingencies of reinforcement have an edge over contingencies of survival because contingencies of reinforcement "Have the edge with __ and __ and the conditions under which a species acquires behavior are relatively __ and can often be manipulated". - ANSWER prediction, control, accessible is the learned behaviors of a particular animal during its lifetime. - ANSWER ontogeny is behaviors that have been passed down over the lifetime of the entire species. - ANSWER phylogeny It can be difficult to distinguish between ontogenetic and phylogenic established behaviors. For a person viewing a complex __ for the first time, it may seem mysterious. But each step of the chain can be traced back to the shaping process. Just because the shaping process was not observed, it does not mean that it was not __ . However, when we view a spider spin a web "no comparable history can be invoked" to determine the phylogenic contingencies at work (Skinner, 1966, p.1208). - ANSWER chain, learned Moore (2015) stated " __ predispose an individual's susceptibility to influence from the __ (p. 27). We must be careful not to assert that genes "__ " behavior; rather, they set up the physical basis for the processes and structures that participate in behavior. Behavior still occurs in the context of the environment. - ANSWER genes, environment, cause Imitative responses necessarily require the learner to orient toward the __ rather than the topographical correspondence of their behavior with respect to the model. - ANSWER model The use of the mirror provides the additional feedback required to receive __ of the model. - ANSWER discriminative control The most substantial origins of our understanding of operant behavior derived from Darwin's controversial idea that humans were not unique in their ability to - ANSWER think Thorndike's __ succinctly explained that organisms tend to learn new things when behaviors are followed by __ stimuli and that behaviors tend to __ when followed by negative stimuli. - ANSWER law of effect, pleasant, decrease