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| A systematic approach for seeking and organizing knowledge about the natural world. |
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| What is the purpose of science? |
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| To achieve a thorough understanding of the phenomena under study? |
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| (ABA) Applied Behavioral Analysis studies what? |
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| Socially significant behaviors |
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| What are the 3 difference types of investigations of science that provide different levels of understanding? |
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| Description, prediction, and control |
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| This is a collection of facts about observed events that can be quanitified, classified, and examined for possible relations with other known facts. It offten suggests possible hypotheses or questions for additional research |
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| This states that there is relative probability that when one event occurs, another even will or will not occur. Its based on repeated observation revealing covariance between various events. Correlations. Enables preparation. |
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| This is the highest level of scientific understanding. Functional relations can be derived. Events can only be "co-related". Nearly impossible to factor out all other possible causes. |
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| According to Skinner, 1953, sciense is... |
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| The definition of science lies within the _____ of scientists, not the instrumentation or materials they use. |
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| All scientists share fundamental assumptions about the ___________ |
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| What are the 6 attitudes of science? |
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| Determinism, empiricism, experimentation, replication, parsimony, and philosophical doubt |
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| The presumption that the universe is a lawful and orderly place in which all phenomena occur as the result of other events. |
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| All scientific knowledge is based on this. It is the practice of objective observation of phenomena of interest. |
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| A carefully conducted comparison of some measure of the phenomenon of interest (DV) under two or more different conditions in which only one factor at a time (IV) differs from one condition to another. |
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| The repeating of experiments to determine the reliability and usefullness of findings. This includes the repetition of IV conditions within experiments. Mistakes are discovered by this method. |
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| The idea that all simple, logical explanations must be ruled out, experiementally or conceptually, before more complex or abstract explanations are considered. |
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| The continual questioning of the truthfullness and validity of all scientific theory and knowledge. It involves the use of scientific evidence before implementing a new practice, then constantly evaluating the effectiveness of the practice after its implementation |
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| This is the branch of behavior analysis that focuses on basic research |
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| experimental analysis of behavior |
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| The S-R-S model of psychology is also known as |
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| This person is considered to be the founder of experimental analysis of behavior. |
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| This is the approach to understanding behavior 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 behavior. |
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| These events marked the formal beginning of contemporary applied behavior analysis. |
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| The Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis began publication and "Some Current Dimensions of Applied Behavior Analysis," by Baer, Wolf, and Risley, was published. |
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| This is the defining characteristic of behavior analysis that focuses on investigating socially significant behaviors with immediate importance to the participant(s). |
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| This is the defining characteristic of applied behavior analysis that demonstrates experimental control over the occurrence and non-occurrence of the behavior. |
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| What are the 3 major branches of behavior analysis |
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| Behaviorism, Experimental, and ABA |
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| Basic research is found in what branch of behavioral analysis? |
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| Watsonian behaviorism was called what? |
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| stimulus-response psychology |
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