SPCE 611 - EXAM 1 - CHAPTER 1 – 4
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Description - correct answer...✔✔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
Prediction - correct answer...✔✔The level of investigation that demonstrates correlation
between events and is based on repeated observation is
Control - correct answer...✔✔The level of investigation in which functional relations can
be derived is
Science - correct answer...✔✔The overall goal of _________ is to achieve a thorough
understanding of the phenomenon under study
Determinism - correct answer...✔✔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
Parsimony - correct answer...✔✔This is the idea that simple, logical explanations must
be ruled out, experimentally or conceptually, before more complex or abstract
explanations are considered
Experimental analysis of behavior - correct answer...✔✔This is the branch of bx
analysis that focuses on basic research
Three term contingency - correct answer...✔✔The S-R-S model of psychology is also
known as
B.F. Skinner - correct answer...✔✔This person is considered to be the founder of
experimental analysis of behavior
Mentalism - correct answer...✔✔This is the approach to understanding bx 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 bx
The Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis began publication and "Some current
Dimensions of Applied Behavior Analysis," by Baer, Wolf, and Risley, was published -
correct answer...✔✔These events marked the formal beginning of contemporary
applied behavior analysis
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, Applied - correct answer...✔✔This is the defining characteristic of behavior analysis
that focuses on investigating socially significant behaviors with immediate importance to
the participant(s).
Analytic - correct answer...✔✔This is the defining characteristic of applied behavior
analysis that demonstrates experimental control over the occurrence and non-
occurrence of the behavior.
The environment - correct answer...✔✔The controlling variables of primary importance
in applied behavior analysis are located in
Respondent and Operant behavior - correct answer...✔✔Two functionally distinct types
of bx important to behavior analysis include
Temporal locus (response latency and interresponse time) - correct answer...✔✔Is
considered a property of behavior amenable to measurement
Repertoire - correct answer...✔✔A _____ denotes a set or collection of knowledge and
skills a person has learned that are relevant to particular settings or tasks
Antecedent - correct answer...✔✔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
Respondent - correct answer...✔✔A behavior that is elicited by antecedent stimuli and
is "brought about" by a stimulus that precedes it is
Reinforcement - correct answer...✔✔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?
Punishment - correct answer...✔✔A response is followed by a stimulus change, the
effect of which is decrease in the future frequency of behavior. Which type of stimulus-
change operation most likely occurred?
Unconditioned, Conditioned - correct answer...✔✔Water is an example of a ______
reinforcer, while money is an example of a _______ reinforcer.
Stimulus control - correct answer...✔✔Answering the door when you hear the door bell
and not when it is silent is an example of behavior being under
Discriminated operant - correct answer...✔✔a behavior that occurs more frequently
under some antecedent conditions than it does in others is called a
AGARDESOLUTIONS k
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