Experimental Designs

Vocabulary

100

This is the target behavior of interest, being measured in an experiment. 

What is the dependent Variable

200

This is a behavior plan with many independent variables at the same time.

What is a treatment (behavioral) package?

300

These are any aspects of the environment that must be held constant to prevent unplanned environmental variation, usually something the experimenter is aware of and for which he does his best to plan. 

What are extraneous variables? 

400

This is when a researcher intentionally changes 1 (or more) features of a prior experiment. This demonstrates reliability of original experiment and confirms the external validity of the original experiment by showing the same impact in different conditions.

What is systematic replication?

500

This is when responding is weaker initially due to needing to get warmed up. 

What are warm-up effects?

Baseline Logic

100

The projected result of a presently unknown measurement to be determined in the future. 

What is Prediction?

200

This is when the effectiveness of the IV is proven by removing the IV and the behavior returns to baseline values. 

What is verification?

300

This is when you reintroduce the IV and results are similar to previous outcomes in previous treatment conditions.

What is replication?

400

This is when responding changes with the presentation of the IV, what is shown is that the IV is in fact, controlling the behavior (DV), showing a functional relationship between the IV and the DV. 

What is affirmation of the consequent?

500

This is a confounding variable that presents when behavior improves due to opportunities to emit it.

What is practice effects?

Experimental Designs

100

A con for this experimental design is: the IV may be delayed for certain behaviors, settings, or subjects. 

What is multiple baseline design? 

200

The rules for this experimental design: 1. only 1 behavior can be targeted. 2. The behavior has to be in the subject's repertoire. 

What is changing criterion?

300

This experimental design is any design in which responding is reversed to a level obtained in the previous condition.

What is reversal design?

400

This is the criteria for reversal to occur in a reversal design.

What is: the behavior must return to approximately the same level as in the initial baseline. 

500

The pros of this experimental design: The subject must possess the target behavior. No comparison possible of treatments. 

What is changing criterion?

Experimental Designs II

100

This is the minimum amount of phases required for the DRO/DRA reversal design.

What is 5 phases (ABCBC)?

200

This is the only design that reliably proves functional relation. 

What is the reversal design?

300

This reversal sub-type design shows the effects of SR by using NCR as the control condition?

What is noncontingent reinforcement (NCR) reversal?

400

The three considerations for this experimental design: Length of phases. Magnitude of changes. and number of changes.

What is changing criterion design?

500

Pros for this experimental design: successful independent variable does not have to be removed. This is easily implemented. 

The cons for this experimental design: it does not exhibit experimental control even though there is a functional relationship between the IV and DV

What is multiple baseline design?

Miscellaneous

100

These are the 2 types of validity.

What are internal and external?

200

This is an experiment in which you examine each component within your client's treatment package?

What is Component Analysis?

300

An example for this is: medication is either given or not given in the course of a study.

What is non-parametric analysis?

400

This is used for assessing if the functional relation discovered in your research will produce the same results in different conditions. 

What is external validity?

500

Behavior analysis have more of these types of errors. 

What is Type II error?