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SPCE 611- Exam 1 (Mod 1-2)ABA - correct answer ✔scientific approach for discovering environmental
variables that reliably influence socially significant behavior and for developing
a technology of behavior change that takes practical advantage of those
discoveries
** socially important behaviors
What are the three types of investigations in science? - correct answer ✔1.
description
2. prediction
3. control
Description - correct answer ✔collection of facts about observed events that
can be quantified, classified, and examined for possible relations
- suggests hypotheses or questions
Prediction - correct answer ✔relative probability that when one event occurs,
another event will or will not occur
- based on repeated observations that reveal correlations
- no causal relationships can be interpreted
Control - correct answer ✔highest level of scientific understanding
- functional relations can be derived
Functional Relation - correct answer ✔specific change in one event (DV) can
reliably be produced by specific manipulations of another event (IV)
, What are the six scientific attitudes? - correct answer ✔1. determinism
2. empiricism
3. experimentation
4. replication
5. parsimony
6. philosophic doubt
Determinism - correct answer ✔presumption that the universe is a lawful and
orderly place in which all phenomena occur as a result of other events
- assumption upon which science is predicated
- events do not just occur at will
- events are related in systematic ways
Empiricism - correct answer ✔practice of objective observation of
phenomena of interest
- what all scientific knowledge is built upon
Experimentation - correct answer ✔basic strategy in most sciences
Experiment - correct answer ✔carefully conducted comparison of some
measure of the phenomenon of interest (DV) under two or more different
conditions where only one factor at a time (IV) differs
Replication - correct answer ✔the repeating of experiments to determine the
reliability and usefulness of findings
- includes repetition of IV conditions
- methods where mistakes are discovered
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