Behavior Analysis Test Bank Chapter 1 Review

Chapter 1: Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. The levels of understanding science provides includes:
A. Prediction, Description & Control
B. Prediction, Description & Calculation
C. Prediction, Depiction, & Illustration
D. Picture, Description, & Control

2. Determine whether each of the following is:
(A) An attitude of science,
(B) A defining characteristic of applied behavior analysis, or
(C) Neither an attitude of science or a defining characteristic of ABA.

Empiricism
Applied
Prediction
Experimentation
Functional relation
Effective
Conceptual
Mentalism
Determinism
Technological

3. This is the assumption upon which science is predicted.
A. Empiricism
B. Prediction
C. Determinism
D. Experimentation

4. This involves the repetition of experiments to determine the reliability of findings.
A. Experimentation
B. Replication
C. Reproduction
D. Control

5. The idea that simple, logical explanations must be ruled out, experimentally or
conceptually, before more complex or abstract explanations are considered.
A. Experimentation
B. Parsimony
C. Prediction
D. Philosophic doubt