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science - ✔✔✔ANSWER-Systematic approach for seeking
C organizing knowledge about the natural world
purpose of science - ✔✔✔ANSWER-◦To achieve a
thorough understanding of the phenomena under study
,ABA seeks to - ✔✔✔ANSWER-discover the real truths (not
those held by certain groups, organizations, etc.)
JABA - ✔✔✔ANSWER-- First journal in U.S. To deal with
applied problems C gave researchers using methodology
from the experimental analysis of behavior an outlet for
publishing their findings
- Flagship journal of ABA
Baer, Wolf, and Risley (1968) recommended the following seven
defining dimensions for research or behavior change programs -
✔✔✔ANSWER-Applied
Behavioral
Analytic
Technological
Conceptual
Effective
Generality
applied - ✔✔✔ANSWER-◦Investigates socially significant
behaviors with immediate importance to the participant(s)
, Three different types of investigations provide different
levels of understanding - ✔✔✔ANSWER-1. description
2. prediction
3. control
description - ✔✔✔ANSWER-◦Collection of facts about
observed events that can be quantified, classified, C
examined for possible relations with other known facts
◦ Often suggests hypotheses or questions for additional research
prediction - ✔✔✔ANSWER-◦Relative probability that when
one event occurs, another event will or will not occur
◦ Based on repeated observation revealing relationships
between various events
◦ Demonstrates correlation between events
◦ No causal relationships can be interpreted
◦ Enables preparation
control - ✔✔✔ANSWER-◦Highest level of scientific understanding
◦ Functional relations can be derived
Specific change in one event (dependent variable)....
Can reliably be produced by specific manipulations of another
event (independent variable)...