Task List A

Question 1

Facts about the event or behavior that are observable and examinable.

Answer 1

Description

Question 2

Repeated observation showed two events correlate with each other

Answer 2

Prediction

Question 3

The highest level of understanding. A functional relationship between IV and DV. You have control over the behavior occurring or not occur

Answer 3

Control

Question 4

Behaviors are selected based on environmental factors

Answer 4

Selectionism

Question 5

Selection by natural evolution of species

Answer 5

Phylogenic

Question 6

Selection due to interaction with the environment. individuals learning history.

Answer 6

Ontogenic

Question 7

Behavior is passed from one person to the next (modeling/imitation)

Answer 7

Cultural

Question 8

The universe is lawful and orderly. Things do not happen accidentally things happen for a reason.

Ex. There is an explanation for a vase, falling off the shelf, even though no one is around

Answer 8

Determinism

Question 9

Objective observation of events that are based on data, not thoughts or feelings.

Answer 9

Empiricism

Question 10

The simplest and most logical explanation should always be considered first.

Answer 10

Parsimony

Question 11

Analyze outcomes and procedures based on results.

Answer 11

Pragmatism

Question 12

Question everything while looking for better explanations whenever possible.

Answer 12

Philosophical doubt

Question 13

Focuses on observable behavior and typically excludes private events.

Answer 13

Methodological behaviorism

Question 14

Acknowledges, private eternal events as behavior.

Answer 14

Radical behaviorism

Question 15

Hypothetical construct that’s used to explain behavior

Answer 15

Mentalism

Question 16

Unobserved process that is said to be present

Answer 16

Hypothetical constructs

Question 17

A fictional variable used to explain behavior

Answer 17

Explanatory fiction

Question 18

Faulty logic the effect is the cause and the cause is the effect

Answer 18

Circular reasoning

Question 19

Guided philosophy of behavior

Answer 19

Behaviorism

Question 20

Basic laboratory research identifying principles of behavior

Answer 20

experimental analysis of behavior (EAB)

Question 21

Application of behavioral principles to improve socially significant behavior

Answer 21

Applied behavior analysis (ABA)

Question 22

The actual interventions used in the real world

Answer 22

Practice guided by behavioral analysis

Question 23

Behavior must be observable and measurable

Answer 23

Behavioral

Question 24

Making positive and socially significant change in a person‘s life.

Goals we are setting. Are they meaningful

Answer 24

Applied

Question 25

Functional relation is demonstrated between what is changed in the environment and the behavior we want to change. The Control

Answer 25

Analytic

Question 26

Interventions follow the principles of ABA

Answer 26

Conceptually systematic

Question 27

Making significant and important level of changes to the behavior

Answer 27

Effective

Question 28

Target behavior should change not only in the learning environment, but outside of the learning environment

Answer 28

Generality

Question 29

Intervention should be replicated by anyone who reads the intervention 

Answer 29

Technological

Question 30

Conducting an experiment. Using experimental design so that’s the IV effects the DV.

Answer 30

Experimentation