Exam 1 EDF 6225 CORRECT QUESTIONS & SOLUTIONS (GRADED A)
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EDF 6225
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EDF 6225
Science - ANSWER The word refers to a systematic approach for seeking and organizing knowledge about the natural world.
Organizing - ANSWER Science is a systematic approach for seeking and ________ knowledge about the natural world.
Description, Prediction, Control - ANSWER Scientific investi...
Exam 1 EDF 6225 CORRECT QUESTIONS &
SOLUTIONS (GRADED A)
Science - ANSWER The word refers to a systematic approach for seeking and organizing knowledge about
the natural world.
Organizing - ANSWER Science is a systematic approach for seeking and ________ knowledge about the
natural world.
Description, Prediction, Control - ANSWER Scientific investigations can yield information regarding the
three levels of understanding, which are _____________ , ________________, and ____________ .
Descriptive - ANSWER ___________________ studies produce a collection of facts about the observed
events that can be quantified, classified, and examined for possible relations with other known facts.
Prediction - ANSWER When repeated observations reveal that two events consistently convay with each
other.
Occur - ANSWER In prediction, the presence of one event causes another event to _________ (or fail to
occur) with some specified probability.
Correlation - ANSWER When a systematic covariation occurs between two events, we are able to predict
the probability that one event will occur in conjunction with the other event. This is called
________________________ .
Control - ANSWER The highest level of scientific understanding is __________.
Independent variable
Dependent variable - ANSWER In control we manipulate the ______________ in order to produce a
reliable change in another event (the _____________________).
, Confound variables - ANSWER variables not being controlled by the researchers that can also vary
systematically with the dependent variable.
Functional Relation - ANSWER The change in the dependent variable is not likely due to other extraneous
factors (known as confounding variables). This relationship is referred to as a ___________________ .
EAB (Experimental Analysis of Behavior) - ANSWER ________ is the natural science approach for
discovering orderly and reliable relations between behavior and various type of environmental variables
of which is the function.
Behaviorism (Watson) - ANSWER ________________ is the philosophy of the science of behavior.
ABA (applied behavior analysis) - ANSWER __________ was established by Baer, Wolf, and Risley (1968)
with seven guiding dimensions.
Radical Behaviorism (Skinner) - ANSWER _____________________ attempts to explain all behavior,
including private events such as thinking and feeling.
methodological behaviorism - ANSWER ______________________ is the philosophical position that
considers behavioral events that cannot be publicly observed outside the realm of science. These two
are drastically different.
consciousness - ANSWER In the early 1900's the struggling field of psychology was based on
introspection and states of ___________________, relying on case studies to document work.
The Behavior of Organisms (1938) - ANSWER Book containing Skinner's thousands of experiments that
demonstrated orderly and reliable relationships between behavior and the environment.
socially - ANSWER The [applied] dimension of ABA was summarized by Baer et al. (1968): "applied
research is constrained to examining behaviors which are ____________ important, rather than
convenient for study" (p. 92).
socially significant behaviors - ANSWER Behaviors that have immediate and long-lasting meaning for the
person and for those who interact with that person.
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