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Purposes of Science
Attitudes of Science
History of ABA
Dimensions of ABA
Characteristics of ABA
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The 3 purposes of science are...

What are: 

Description 

Prediction

Control

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The 6 attitudes of science are...

What are Determinism, Empiricism, Experimentation, Replication, Parsimony and Philosophical Doubt

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This includes private events

What is radical behaviorism

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7 Dimensions of ABA are...

What are: Behavioral, Applied, Technological, Conceptually Systematic, Analytic, Generality and Effective

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There are 5 other characteristics of ABA, what are they

What is accountable, public, doable, empowering and optimistic

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2 events may regularly occur at the same time but does not mean one event causes the other

What is Prediction


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The primary method to determine the reliability of findings

What is Replication

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Two types of behavior are

Respondent and Operant 

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This is the dimension where procedures are described with sufficient detail so that others can replicate it

What is Technological

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This is a science in which tactics derived fro the principles of behavior are applied systematically to improve socially significant behaviors

What is ABA

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Systematic observations that be quantified and classified 

What is Description

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AKA Experimental Analysis - basic strategy to most sciences

What is experimentation 

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This domain assumes that mental or inner dimensions exists that differ from a behavioral dimension

What is mentalism

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This group of people came up with the 7 dimensions

Who are Baer, Wolf & Risley in 1968

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The following characteristic is: knowing how to do something and having the tools to do it
What is empowering
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AKA Causation

AND 

AKA Covariation

What is Control and prediction

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The universe is lawful and orderly

What is determinism 

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The relation between setting (A) and the behavior (B) is because of the consequence (C)

What is pragmatism 

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This dimension improves the behavior in a practical manner 

What is effective

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True or False: any means of changing behavior qualifies as ABA

What is false - only tactics derived from basic principles of ABA

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The functional relation and the highest lev el of scientific understanding

What is Control
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All simple and logical explanations for the phenomenon under investigation are ruled out

What is Parsimony 

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The philosophy of the science of behavior

What is Behaviorism

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The AKAs for Analytic and Generality are...

What are functional relation (analytic) and generalization (generality)

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The basic principles of behavior are:

What is reinforcement, punishment and extinction