EDF 6225 Foundations of ABA - EXAM 1 COMPLETE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS || 2024 LATEST UPDATE|| VERIFIED
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The level of investigation that involves the collection of facts about observed events that can be quantified, classified, and examined for possible relations with other known facts, and often suggests hypotheses or questions for additional research is - ANSWER Description
The level of investiga...
EDF 6225 Foundations of ABA - EXAM 1 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS || 2024 LATEST UPDATE||
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The level of investigation that involves the collection of facts about observed events that can be
quantified, classified, and examined for possible relations with other known facts, and often suggests
hypotheses or questions for additional research is - ANSWER Description
The level of investigation in which functional relations can be derived is - ANSWER Control
The overall goal of ______________ is to achieve a thorough understanding of the phenomenon under
study. - ANSWER Science
A functional relation means that - ANSWER Specific change in the dependent variable can reliably be
produced by specific manipulations in the independent variable, and the change in the dependent
variable was unlikely to be the result of confounding variables.
This is the assumption upon which science is predicated, the idea that the universe is a lawful and
orderly place in which all phenomena occur as the result of other events. - ANSWER Determinism
This is the idea that simple, logical explanations must be ruled out, experimentally or conceptually,
before more complex or abstract explanations are considered. - ANSWER Parsimony
This is the branch of behavior analysis that focuses on basic research: - ANSWER Experimental Analysis of
behavior (EAB)
The S-R-S model of psychology is also know as: - ANSWER Three-term contingency
This person is considered to be the founder of experimental analysis of behavior - ANSWER B.F.Skinner
, This is the approach to understanding behavior that assumes that a mental or "inner" dimension exists
that differs from a behavioral dimension and that phenomena in this dimension either directly cause or
at least mediate some forms of behavior. - ANSWER Mentalism
These events marked the formal beginning of contemporary applied behavior analysis. - ANSWER The
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis began publication and "Some Current Dimensions of Applied
Behavior Analysis" by Baer, Wolf, and Risley was published
Which of the following is considered a property of behavior amenable to measurement? - ANSWER
Temporal Locus
A _____________ denotes set or collection of knowledge and skills a person has learned that are
relevant to particular settings or tasks. - ANSWER Repertoire
Behavior is affected by stimulus changes that occur prior to and immediately after the behavior. The
term ___________ refers to environmental conditions or stimulus changes that exist or occur prior to
the behavior of interest. - ANSWER Antecedent
A behavior that is elicited by antecedent stimuli and is "brought about" by a stimulus that precedes it is: -
ANSWER Respondent
A response is followed by a stimulus change, the effect of which is an increase in the future frequency of
behavior. Which type of stimulus-change operation most likely occurred? - ANSWER Reinforcement
Water is an example of ____________ reinforcer, while money is an example of a ____________
reinforcer. - ANSWER unconditioned, conditioned
A response is followed by a stimulus change, the effect of which is a decrease in the future frequency of
behavior. Which type of stimulus-change operation most likely occurred? - ANSWER Punishment
A behavior that occurs more frequently under some antecedent conditions than it does in others is
called a(n): - ANSWER Discriminative operant
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