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scientific approach for discovering environmental variables that reliably influence socially
significant behavior and for developing a technology of behavior change that takes practical
ABA
advantage of those discoveries
** socially important behaviors
1. description
What are the three types of investigations in
2. prediction
science?
3. control
collection of facts about observed events that can be quantified, classified, and examined for
Description possible relations
- suggests hypotheses or questions
relative probability that when one event occurs, another event will or will not occur
Prediction - based on repeated observations that reveal correlations
- no causal relationships can be interpreted
highest level of scientific understanding
Control
- functional relations can be derived
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, specific change in one event (DV) can reliably be produced by specific manipulations of another
Functional Relation
event (IV)
1. determinism
2. empiricism
3. experimentation
What are the six scientific attitudes?
4. replication
5. parsimony
6. philosophic doubt
presumption that the universe is a lawful and orderly place in which all phenomena occur as a
result of other events
Determinism - assumption upon which science is predicated
- events do not just occur at will
- events are related in systematic ways
practice of objective observation of phenomena of interest
Empiricism
- what all scientific knowledge is built upon
Experimentation basic strategy in most sciences
carefully conducted comparison of some measure of the phenomenon of interest (DV) under two
Experiment
or more different conditions where only one factor at a time (IV) differs
the repeating of experiments to determine the reliability and usefulness of findings
Replication - includes repetition of IV conditions
- methods where mistakes are discovered
the idea that simple, logical explanations must be rules out, experimentally or conceptually,
Parsimony before more complex or abstract explanations are considered
- helps scientists fit findings within the field's existing knowledge base
the continual questioning of the truthfulness and validity of all scientific theory and knowledge
Philosophic Doubt - involves the use of scientific evidence before implementing a new practice
- constantly evaluates effectiveness of the practice after implementation
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