EDF 6225 - FOUNDATIONS OF APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
Applied behavior analysis is set apart from other disciplines by___.
Focus, goals, and methods
The goals of applied behavior analysis are___.
Description, prediction, control
Descriptive knowledge consists of a collection of facts about the observed events
that can be___.
Quantified, classified, and examined for possible relations.
The highest level of scientific understanding is ___.
Control
A functional relation exists when a change in a ___ is reliably produces by
manipulations of the ___.
dependent variable; independent variable
The practice of objective observation and measurement is___.
Empiricism
Empiricism is the foremost rule in___.
Behavior analysis
Repeating experiments is ___.
Replication
, In ___, logical explanations for the phenomenon under investigation are ruled
out.
Parsimony
Questioning the truthfulness of facts is___.
Philosophic doubt
4 domains of behavior analytic science
1. Radical behaviorism
2. Experimental Analysis of Behavior
3. Applied behavior analysis
4. Practice guided by behavior analysis
Radical behaviorism - Province:
Province: theory and philosophy
Radical behaviorism - Primary activity:
primary activity: conceptual and philosophical analysis
Radical behaviorism - Primary goals/product:
primary goal/product: theoretical account of all behavior consistent with existing data
Radical behaviorism - Secondary goals:
secondary goals: identify areas with conflict or absence in empirical data and suggest
resolutions
Radical Behaviorism - Agreement with existing database:
agreement w/ existing database: as much as possible, theory must go beyond database
by design
Radical behaviorism - Testability:
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
Applied behavior analysis is set apart from other disciplines by___.
Focus, goals, and methods
The goals of applied behavior analysis are___.
Description, prediction, control
Descriptive knowledge consists of a collection of facts about the observed events
that can be___.
Quantified, classified, and examined for possible relations.
The highest level of scientific understanding is ___.
Control
A functional relation exists when a change in a ___ is reliably produces by
manipulations of the ___.
dependent variable; independent variable
The practice of objective observation and measurement is___.
Empiricism
Empiricism is the foremost rule in___.
Behavior analysis
Repeating experiments is ___.
Replication
, In ___, logical explanations for the phenomenon under investigation are ruled
out.
Parsimony
Questioning the truthfulness of facts is___.
Philosophic doubt
4 domains of behavior analytic science
1. Radical behaviorism
2. Experimental Analysis of Behavior
3. Applied behavior analysis
4. Practice guided by behavior analysis
Radical behaviorism - Province:
Province: theory and philosophy
Radical behaviorism - Primary activity:
primary activity: conceptual and philosophical analysis
Radical behaviorism - Primary goals/product:
primary goal/product: theoretical account of all behavior consistent with existing data
Radical behaviorism - Secondary goals:
secondary goals: identify areas with conflict or absence in empirical data and suggest
resolutions
Radical Behaviorism - Agreement with existing database:
agreement w/ existing database: as much as possible, theory must go beyond database
by design
Radical behaviorism - Testability:
