a fictitious variable that often is simply another name for the
observed behavior that contributes nothing to an understanding
of the variables responsible for developing or maintaining the
behavior Correct Answer explanatory fiction
a general approach to understanding complex human
phenomena as products of relatively simple processes acting
over time Correct Answer selectionism
a group of responses of varying topography, all of which
produce the same effect on the environment Correct Answer
response class
a natural science approach to the study of behavior as a subject
matter in its own right and discover its basic principles Correct
Answer Experimental Analysis of Behavior (EAB)
a perspective toward behavior that emphasizes momentary
contingencies or temporal contiguity in explaining a particular
behavioral outcome Correct Answer molecular
a philosophical position that a phenomenon can be explained by
reducing it to its constituent parts Correct Answer reductionism
a philosophical position that views behavioral events that cannot
be publicly observed as outside the realm of science Correct
Answer methodological behaviorism
,a practice which is characterized by claims purportedly
supported by well-established scientific evidence when, in truth,
such evidence is misinterpreted, misunderstood, or wholly
lacking Correct Answer pseudoscience
A stimulus change that is presented after a behavior. Correct
Answer In behavior analysis, positive usually refers to which of
the following?
a stimulus-response relation that is part of an organism's genetic
endowment and consists of an antecedent stimulus and the
respondent behavior it elicits Correct Answer reflex
a systematic approach to the understanding of natural
phenomena, as evidenced by description, prediction, and control
that relies on determinism, empiricism, replication, parsimony
and philosophic doubt Correct Answer science
a thoroughgoing form of behaviorism that attempts to
understand all human behavior, including private events such as
thoughts and feelings in terms of controlling variables in the
history of the person and the species Correct Answer radical
behaviorism
a type of behaviorism that rejects all events that are not
operationally defined and restricts its activities to describing
behavior Correct Answer structural behaviorism
a verbal response that occurs to a verbal stimulus based on
arbitrary contingencies established by the verbal community
Correct Answer intraverbal
,accidentalism Correct Answer that philosophy which asserts
that natural events are accidental and or have no particular cause
accountable Correct Answer refers to the characteristic of
applied behavior analysis which holds behavior analysts
responsible for their actions
accurate and scientifically supported Correct Answer validity
an approach to the study of behavior which assumes that a
mental or "inner" dimension exists that differs from a behavioral
dimension Correct Answer mentalism
an attitude that the truthfulness and validity of all scientific
theory and knowledge should be continually questioned Correct
Answer philosophical doubt
an educated guess or premise made by a scientist regarding their
subject matter Correct Answer hypothesis
an elementary verbal operant evoked by a nonverbal
discriminative stimulus and followed by generalized conditioned
reinforcement Correct Answer tacts
an elementary verbal operant that is evoked by a motivating
operation and followed by specific reinforcement Correct
Answer mands
an energy change that affects an organism through its receptor
cells Correct Answer stimuli
, an increase in response rate Correct Answer A reinforcer is a
consequence that produces which of the following?
an uncontrolled factor known or suspected to exert influence on
the dependent variable Correct Answer confounding variable
analytic Correct Answer this dimension of applied behavior
analysis ensures that a believable demonstration of the events
that can be responsible for the occurrence or non-occurrence of
that behavior
Antecedent
Behavior
Consequence Correct Answer The three-term contingency
comprises of which of the following?
antecedent stimulus Correct Answer an energy change that
occurs prior to behavior
antecedents Correct Answer Natural environmental events or
stimuli that occur before the behavior of interest are called:
any behavior whose future frequency is determined primarily by
its history of consequences Correct Answer operant behavior
applied Correct Answer the category of research which aims to
identify components of treatment and interventions to improve
socially significant behavior as well as to identify why methods
are effective and whether they can be improved
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