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EAB3002 Exam 1 FIU Questions And Correct Answers
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EAB3002 Exam 1 FIU Questions And Correct AnswersDescription- ANSWER A collection of facts regarding the events observed
-describes the events observed in great detail
Prediction- ANSWER When repeated observations indicate that two events covary with
each other
Control- ANSWER -AKA causation
-manipulation of an IV to observe any effects on DV
-results are reliable/ consistent
Determinism- ANSWER The universe is a lawful and orderly place
Empiricism - ANSWER The objective observation and measurement of the phenomena of
interest
Experimentation - ANSWER Systematic control and manipulation of variables to
investigate the possible existence of a functional relation
Replication - ANSWER Repeating experiments or conditions within experiments
Parsimony - ANSWER All simple logical explanations need to be ruled out before
considering more complex explanations
Philosophical doubt - ANSWER Continually question the truthfulness of what is regarded
as fact.
, Radical Behaviorism - ANSWER An extreme form of behaviorism that attempts to
understand fully all human behavior - private events like thinking and feeling included -
solely in terms of controlling variables in the history of the person (ontogeny) and the
species (phylogeny).
methodological behaviorism - ANSWER Grants the existence of mental events but does
not consider them in the analysis of behavior
Circular reasoning - ANSWER the cause and effect are both inferred from the same
information
hypothetical constructs - ANSWER presumed but unobserved entities that could not be
manipulated in an experiment
Mentalism - ANSWER An approach to explaining behavior that assumes that a mental, or
"inner," dimension exists that differs from a behavioral dimension
Explanatory fictions - ANSWER Fictitious variable that contributes nothing to an
understanding of the variables responsible for developing or maintaining behavior
Applied Behavior Analysis - ANSWER The science in which tactics derived from the
principles of behavior are applied to improve socially significant behavior and
experimentation is used to identify the variables responsible for the improvement in
behavior.
Behavior Analysis-ANSWER the scientific study of behavior including its principles,
processes, and applications. Focus is typically on an understanding with the intent of
improving behavior
Experimental Analysis of Behavior-ANSWER A scientific methodology designed to
discover the functional relation between behavior and the variables that control it
Dependent Variable-DV-ANSWER The variable that is measured in an experiment
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