Assumptions of BA
BA Methods
Miscellaneous
100
To a behavior analysts, these are not causes of behavior but more behavior to be explained
What are feelings?
100
You take the average change in behavior for some intervention between two groups. For this reason, we cannot generalize our results to individuals.
What is because the averages represent the group and may not necessarily describe any individual's behavior in the study.
100
If a dead man can do it, I'm not this
What is behavior?
200
If someone is able to reliably produce some behavior by manipulating the environment, we say that they are able to _________ the behavior.
What is control?
200
Most psychologists use _________ designs whereas behavior analysts use ______-_______ designs.
What are single-subject?
200
One problem with reversal designs is that you might see ______ effects.
What is order?
300
According to behavior analysts, this is the false belief that mind exists separately from body.
What is dualism?
300
You want to study whether a drug thought to reduce anxiety is effective in a groups design. Because you need a control group, some might argue that this is _________.
What is unethical?
300
Vertical dotted lines in line graphs indicate these
What are phase changes?
400
Another word for learning history within an organism's life is _____genetic
What is onto?
400
In an A-B design, we cannot conclude causation for this reason.
What is because other variables may have caused the change in behavior (i.e., we need to replicate it)
400
Your dog begs for treats whenever you're eating dinner. This is probably because in the past, when he begs for dinner, you have given him some food, or a __________ type of causation.
What is remote?
500
Although behavior analysts focus on the role of the environment, they do not ignore __________ influences.
What is genetic/phylogenetic?
500
Behavior analysts choose to control variability directly, rather than relying on _________.
What are statistics?
500
Your friend is telling you about his new experiment he'll be doing. He's going to have a baseline (A), three counseling sessions (B), and a return to baseline (A). He's interested in whether the counseling can reduce problem behavior. ABA is a poor design here for this reason.
What is because the treatment effects are likely to be sustained during the second A phase (i.e., unlikely to see a reversal/demonstrate control)
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