A basic characteristic of science that
continually questions the truthfulness and validity of all scientific theory and knowledge.
A) parsimony
B) philosophic doubt
C) determinism
D) experimentation
B) philosophic doubt
100
____is a dimension of ABA which states behavior change programs must be comprised of precise measurement of the actual behavior in need of improvement and documents that it was the subject's behavior that changed.
A) Applied
B) Behavior
C) Analytic
D) Technological
B) Behavior
100
_____when in time a specified behavior occurs.
A) repeatability
B) temporal locus
C) temporal extent
B) temporal locus
100
_______is the variable that is systematically manipulated by the researcher in an experiment and sometimes called the intervention or treatment variable.
A) confounding variable
B) independent variable
C) dependent variable
B) independent variable
100
____is the amount of time that elapses between two consecutive instance of a response class.
A) duration
B) frequency
C) interresponse time
D) latency
C) interresponse time
200
_________ is the assumption that the universe is a lawful and orderly place in which phenomena occur as a result of other events.
A) parsimony
B) empiricism
C) determininism
D) philosophical doubt
C) determinism
200
____is a dimension of ABA which ensures that the behaviors are socially significant with immediate importance to the subject.
A) Behavioral
B) Applied
C) Analytic
D) Conceptually systematic
B) applied
200
____is the measurement of a given event
A) temporal locus
B) repeatability
C) temporal extent
C) temporal extent
200
____are sense organs that detect external stimulli and enable vision, hearing, olfaction, taste, and cutaneous touch.
A) viscera
B) proprioceptors
C) exteroceptors
D) interoceptors
C) exteroceptors
200
_____is a measure of the elapsed time between the onset of a stimulus and the initiation of a subsequent response.
A) interresponse time
B) response latency
C) duration
D) frequency
B) response latency (latency)
300
________ is the objective observation of the phenomena of interest.
A) empiricism
B) parsimony
C) philosophic doubt
D) experimentation
A) empiricism
300
_______ demonstrates experimental control over the occurrence and nonoccurrence of the behaviors--that is, if a functional relation is demonstrated.
A) analytic
B) technological
C) conceptually systematic
D) effective
A) analytic
300
_____are reflexive behavior which are elicited or "brought out".
A) Respondent behaviors
B) Operant Behavior
A) Respondent behaviors
300
_____enable the kinesthetic and vestibular senses of movement and balance
A) proprioceptors
B) exteroceptors
C) viscera
A) proprioceptors
300
Measurement has ____ when it yields data that are directly relevant to the phenomenon measured and to the reason(s) for measuring it.
A) accuracy
B) validity
C) reliability
A) validity
400
_____simple, logical explanations must be ruled out experimentally or conceptually, before more complex or abstract explanations are considered.
A) empiricism
B) experimentation
C) philosophic doubt
D) parsimony
D) parsimony
400
____is the written description of all procedures used in the study is sufficiently complete and detailed to enable other to replicate it.
A) analytic
B) technological
B) technological
400
_____are not elicited by preceding stimuli but instead are influenced by stimulus changes that have followed the behavior in the past.
A) Operant behaviors
B) Respondent behaviors
A) Operant behaviors
400
____ punishment refers to positive punishment.
A) Type I
B) Type II
A) Type I
400
_____unintended changes in the way data are collected may produce measurement error.
A)naive observer
B) calibration
C) observer reactivity
D) observer drift
D) observer drift
500
______the controlled comparison of some measure of the phenomenon of interest (the dependent variable) under two or more different conditions in which only one factor at a time (independent variable) differs from one condition to another.
A) relication
B) experimentation
C) determinism
D) philosophic doubt
B) experimentation
500
_____behavior change interventions are derived from basic principles of behavior.
A) generality
B) effective
C) conceptually systematic
D) behavioral
C) conceptually systematic
500
____is an uncontrolled factor known or supsected to exert influence on the dependent variable.
A) dependent variable.
B) confounding variable
C) independent variable
B) confounding variable
500
_____punishment is negative punishment.
A) Type I
B) Type II
B) Type II
500
Measurement error resulting from an observer's awareness that others are evaluating the data he reports is called _____.
A) observer reactivity
B) IOA
C) observer drift