IDEA stands for what? - ANSWER Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Broken vertical lines in a graph depict what? - ANSWER a change in the independent
variable
What is the term for the phase of a study that measures the target behavior before the
intervention is implemented? - ANSWER Baseline phase
What do notations provide in a single-subject design? - ANSWER Label certain phases
or aspects of a design
How does a follow-up phase enhance a study? - ANSWER Both A and C
A. show an intervention is effective across time
C. Provide social and ecological
In a single-subject design, the _______________ variable is utilized to promote-or
maintain-change in behavior. - ANSWER dependent
What is a plausible demonstration that the events manipulated by the researcher
account for the presence or absence of the behavior in question? - ANSWER Analytic
What type of graph is used more frequently to represent the numerical data obtained in
single-subject research? - ANSWER X-Y line graph
The ________________ variable serves the function of revealing changes in the target
behavior in a single-subject design. - ANSWER INDEPEND
, Which phase is designed to assess the impact of the independent variable on the
dependent variable across time and after the dependent variable reaches its criterion?
ANSWER Follow-up phase
Dr. Polick conducts an experiment in which she varies the number of people working on
a project, and measures the amount of effort that each person makes. The number of
people is the _____ variable; the amount of effort is the _____ variable: -ANSWER
Independent; dependent
A behaviour is more likely to occur in the presence of a _____ than in its absence:
-ANSWER Discriminative stimulus
The three-term contingency includes: - ANSWER Antecedent stimuli, Responses, and
consequent stimuli
Both practitioners and researchers share this interest in: - ANSWER Using the best
method of studying behavior
How does this make sense that it is the case that the researcher controls yet at the
same time is controlled by the subject matter? - ANSWER The researcher controls the
factors whose effects are being studied and other outside factors while the data from
the study act as cue for any adjustments.
A researcher has two groups of participants, one that has been taught a
problem-solving technique and one that has not. Both groups are given a set of 50
problems to solve in 30 minutes. What is the dependent variable in this study? -
ANSWER The number of correct answers given by the participants
Talking about scientific behavior in the same way that we approach any other - ANSWER
behavior of interest is useful because it can help us:
Identify the antecedent events and consequences that have influenced researcher's -
ANSWER behaviors
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