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A science devoted to understanding and improving human behavior, focusing on socially significant behaviors and using scientific methods.
what is Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
Repeating experiments to determine reliability and generality of findings.
what is Replication
A restrictive form of behaviorism that considers only observable behavior, excluding private events.
what is Methodological Behaviorism
A relation in which changes in a dependent variable are reliably produced by manipulation of an independent variable.
what is Functional Relation
The conglomerate of real circumstances in which the organism exists.
what is Environment
A systematic approach to understanding the natural world through description, prediction, and control.
what is Science
Ruling out simple explanations before considering more complex ones.
what is Parsimony
The philosophy of the science of behavior, encompassing methodological and radical perspectives.
what is Behaviorism
An experimental approach to identifying variables that control behavior.
what is Functional Analysis
An energy change that affects an organism through receptor cells.
what is Stimulus
The assumption that the universe is lawful and orderly, with all phenomena occurring as a result of other events.
what is Determinism
An attitude of continually questioning and re-evaluating knowledge.
what is Philosophic Doubt
A natural science approach emphasizing basic principles of behavior through controlled experiments.
what is Experimental Analysis of Behavior (EAB)
The activity of living organisms; movement of part of an organism through space and time.
what is Behavior
A group of stimuli sharing common elements across form, time, or function.
what is Stimulus Class
Objective observation and measurement of phenomena, independent of personal bias.
what is Empiricism
A practical approach that judges knowledge by its usefulness in producing effective action.
what is Pragmatism
A circular explanation of behavior (e.g., 'He is aggressive because of his aggressive personality').
what is Explanatory Fiction
A specific instance of behavior.
what is Response
A condition or stimulus that occurs before a behavior of interest.
what is Antecedent
Systematic manipulation of variables to identify functional relations.
what is Experimentation
Skinner's philosophy that includes both observable and private events as behavior.
what is Radical Behaviorism
Unobservable entities (e.g., ego, intelligence) inferred but not directly measurable.
what is Hypothetical Construct
A group of responses with the same function, even if they differ in form.
what is Response Class
A stimulus change that follows a behavior.
what is Consequence