SPCE 609 EXAM 1 REVISION
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Some behavior analysts provide behavioral services which are
informed by prior research conducted in laboratory and/or
clinical settings. These individuals work in the field of
___________________
behavioral service delivery
Explaining a public behavior by appealing to a private
behavior is a _______________ explanation. The
"explanation" tries to explain a public behavior with a private
behavior.
mentalistic
A definition of behavior is....
an individual living organism's activity, public or private, which
may be influenced by internal or external stimulation.
If an experiment was repeated next week, or with new
participants, or in a different setting, or by different
researchers and the results were the same, we would say that
the experiment was _________________
replicated
, a singular thing that you experience through your senses is
called a _________________
stimulus
saying that you ate too much for lunch is an example of....
public behavior
It is important that a scientific hypothesis is specific enough to
be proven wrong. A scientific hypothesis is not __________ if
cannot be proven wrong.
falsifiable
Behavioral _________ examines how nurture can shape
nature which, in turn, influences behavior.
epigenetics
When he was 6, Iliad asked is mother whether or not the
Tooth Fairy existed. His mother (a scientist) asked him to
develop a(n) ___________________ prediction. Iliad replied,
"The Tooth Fairy lives in a fairy hole in the woods behind our
house and if we go there we will find her home." His mother
replied, "And if we go there and we find no fairy home, no
fairy dust, no coins, and no Tooth Fairy, will that mean that the
Tooth Fairy does not exist as a human, and only as a mythical
spirit of giving?" Iliad agreed, "Yes, that is what it would
mean".
falsifiable
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Some behavior analysts provide behavioral services which are
informed by prior research conducted in laboratory and/or
clinical settings. These individuals work in the field of
___________________
behavioral service delivery
Explaining a public behavior by appealing to a private
behavior is a _______________ explanation. The
"explanation" tries to explain a public behavior with a private
behavior.
mentalistic
A definition of behavior is....
an individual living organism's activity, public or private, which
may be influenced by internal or external stimulation.
If an experiment was repeated next week, or with new
participants, or in a different setting, or by different
researchers and the results were the same, we would say that
the experiment was _________________
replicated
, a singular thing that you experience through your senses is
called a _________________
stimulus
saying that you ate too much for lunch is an example of....
public behavior
It is important that a scientific hypothesis is specific enough to
be proven wrong. A scientific hypothesis is not __________ if
cannot be proven wrong.
falsifiable
Behavioral _________ examines how nurture can shape
nature which, in turn, influences behavior.
epigenetics
When he was 6, Iliad asked is mother whether or not the
Tooth Fairy existed. His mother (a scientist) asked him to
develop a(n) ___________________ prediction. Iliad replied,
"The Tooth Fairy lives in a fairy hole in the woods behind our
house and if we go there we will find her home." His mother
replied, "And if we go there and we find no fairy home, no
fairy dust, no coins, and no Tooth Fairy, will that mean that the
Tooth Fairy does not exist as a human, and only as a mythical
spirit of giving?" Iliad agreed, "Yes, that is what it would
mean".
falsifiable
