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PHILOSOPHICAL ASSUMPTIONS OF ABATEST
Empiricism - Answer An objective examination of the phenomenon of interest.
Determinism - Answer The notion that the universe is a lawful and orderly
place where phenomena occur about other occurrences rather than randomly or
by accident.
Parsimony - Answer The technique of eliminating basic, rational explanations
before contemplating more abstract or difficult ones.
Pragmatism - Answer The belief that the veracity of a theory is proportional to
its practical success in application.
Selectionism - ANSWER The hypothesis that all forms of life evolve through
selection based on function or consequences.
Phylogenic Selectionism - Answer The history of a species' natural evolution,
bx, which was gained by the species as a result of survival contingencies over
time.
Ontogenic Selectionism - Answer The history of an individual organism's
development across its lifetime. Bx was acquired due to reinforcing
contingencies. Selection based on outcomes and a history of reinforcement and
punishment.
Cultural Selectionism - ANSWER When conduct is passed down from one
member of a group to another. Culture and cultural norms are developed
through selection as a result of collective survival.
Mentalistic explanation of behavior - ANSWER Behavior is explained via
private occurrences, hypothetical structures, and explanatory fictions. The study
of behavior that implies the existence of a mental or inner dimension separate
from the behavioral one.
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