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EDF 6222 Midterm Guided Notes Latest Update "__________ 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 s...

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EDF 6222 Midterm Guided Notes Latest
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"__________ 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


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

Answer✔✔-introspection




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_____________ 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


According to Skinner, contingencies of reinforcement have an edge over contingencies of survival

because contingencies of reinforcement "Have the edge with __________ and ________ and the

conditions under which a species acquires behavior are relatively ___________ and can often be

manipulated". - Answer✔✔-prediction; control; accessible


___________ is the learned behaviors of a particular animal during its lifetime. - Answer✔✔-Ontongeny

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