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EDF 6222 Midterm Guided Notes. Exam Questions With 100% Verified Answers "__________ is more than the mere description of events as they occur. It is an attempt to discover order, to show that certain events stand in _________ to other events (Skinner, 1953, p.6)." - answerScience; lawful relat...

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EDF 6222 Midterm Guided Notes. Exam
Questions With 100% Verified Answers


"__________ is more than the mere description of events as they occur. It is an attempt to

discover order, to show that certain events stand in _________ to other events (Skinner, 1953,

p.6)." - answer✔Science; lawful relations


Being scientifically skeptical means that until there is ____________ available, assumptions

should not be made. - answer✔evidence


In order to be excellent stewards of science, as behavior analysts, we can follow a few guidelines

when gathering and evaluating evidence. This includes reducing __________ by ensuring

interobserver agreement, examining for actual ___________ (as opposed to effects that could

have produced changes without the intervention), ___________ , and self-correction. -

answer✔observer bias; experimental control; replication


With ___________, we look for the simplest explanation possible, not extensive mentalistic

explanations. - answer✔parsimony


"Behaviorism is not the science of human behavior; it is the ___________ of that science"

(Skinner, 1974. p.3). - answer✔philosophy

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Structuralism relied on __________, which looked inward to describe sensations, images, and

feelings. - answer✔introspection


_____________ behaviorism might be thought of as a psychological version of logical

positivism or operationism. - answer✔Methodological


While some methodological behaviorists accept that there are mental states, they have ruled them

completely out of consideration. This is not a new concept and was once referred to as

____________. - answer✔psychophysical parallelism


In Pavlov's early research, he did not jump to conclusions to suggest that the dog was "thinking"

of food, and therefore salivating. Instead, he carefully controlled conditions that allowed him to

show that particular stimuli can "acquire" the ability to elicit secretion. His careful analysis of the

scientific method allowed him to avoid both __________ and _________ fictions. -

answer✔mentalistic; explanatory


The evolutionary explanation for reflexes indicates that they are for the survival of the organism.

However, we know all too well that sometimes responses can be conditioned that serve no

purpose - even add a ____________ purpose - to our complex lives. - answer✔debilitating


Skinner (1953) informed us "Although the process of [conditioning] greatly extends the scope of

the eliciting stimulus, it does not bring all the behavior of the organism within such

___________ "(p. 56). Conditioning can add numerous different eliciting stimuli, but it will

never fashion a _________ response. - answer✔stimulus control; novel

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