Unit A Philosophical Underpinnings BDS questions a

Unit A Philosophical Underpinnings BDS
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Ontogenic - answersrefers to behavior that is learned from an organism's interaction
with its enviroment (e.g., history of reinforcement)

Phylogenic - answersrefers to behavior that is inherited

Generally, operant behavior is (onto or phylo) and respondent behavior is (onto or
phylo)? - answersOntogenic
Phylogenic

Respondent behavior is _____ while operant behavior is ______. - answerselicted
(reflexively in response to antecendent stimuli)
emitted (function of both antecendent and consequent stimuli)

Description - answerssystematic observations that can be quantified & classified

Prediction - answerstwo events vary consistently (e.g., when one event occurs, we are
likely to see the other, but one doesn't necessarily cause the other)

Control - answersfuncitonal relation
experimental demonstration that manipulating one event results in another event

What are the three scientific understandings? - answersdescription
prediction
control

What are the philosophical assumptions of behavior analysis? - answersdeterminism
pragmatism
empiricism
parsimony
philosophic doubt
selectionism
replication
experimentation

Determinism - answers(lawfulness of behavior)
all events have casues & occur lawfully as a result of other events