UWF EDF6225 FOUNDATIONS OF ABA
EXAM 1 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 140
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED ANSWERS
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According to Iwata, _______ might be considered more
intrusive than punishment because, with negative
reinforcement, presentation of the aversive stimulus is
contingent on the absence, rather than the occurrence, of
behavior.
negative reinforcement
B.F. Skinner is credited with developing what Watson
previously described into the actual science of behavior by
conducting thousands of experiments that demonstrated
orderly and reliable relationships between behavior and the
________. This work was published in the _______ (1938/1966)
and should be added to every behavior analyst's library.
environment; JABA
,In the early 1900's the struggling field of psychology was based
on introspection and states of _________ , relying on case
studies to document work.
Consciousness
What is Accidentalism?
The idea that events occur by accident or without cause.
What is Fatalism?
the belief that all events are predetermined and therefore
inevitable. The scientific discovery of functional relations and
use of these discoveries to improve things would be
impossible.
what are the the components of applied behavior analysis?
-applied
-behavioral
-analytic
,-technological
-conceptually systematic
-effective
-capable of generalized outcomes
why is it important to note whose Behavior has changed?
perhaps only the behavior of the Observer has changed, which
shows "whether the study was appropriately Behavioral".
perhaps the experimenter changed in an unplanned way,
making it appropriate to attribute any observed change in the
subject's behavior to the independent variables that were
manipulated.
-to see how these respondents change over time.
what does experimental control look like?
what does experimental control look like?maybe changing the
antecedent before math class could change the behavior
rather than changing the consequence or if she is normally
, removed from class when she can't run then we would stop
the consequences when she Tantrums.
probably best to look at the environment first before looking
at consequences because of sensory overload could be the
antecedent for responses or behaviors that are considered
unpleasant or aggressive. Maybe shift environment for
someone with sensory overload.
What is Empiricism?
The practice of object observation of the phenomena or
interest. The basis on which all scientific knowledge is built
from.
_______ is ensuring we consider the simplest, most logical
explanation of a phenomenon before more complex
explanations are considered.
Parsimony
What is parsimony?
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