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The branch of Psychology that studies behavior without referencing mental processes
Behaviorism
During this part of the scientific method of research, the researcher sees something happen in the word and wonders why it happened
Observation
The science of behavior and mental processes
Psychology
Anything that can be changed in an experiment and is feasible to measure
Variable
When you give the subject a cookie after they have completed the behavior you want to encourage
Positive Reinforcement
During this part of the scientific method of research, the researcher creates a theory that they believe explains why the weird thing they saw occurred
Forming a Hypothesis
The type of behavior that is desired and acceptable to others in a given situation
Correct Behavior
The variable in an experiment that is deliberately changed to see how it affects other things
Independent Variable
When you take something away from the subject after they have completed a behavior you don't want to encourage
Negative Reinforcement
During this part of the scientific method of research, the researcher creates, and runs, a series of tests to see if their explanation of why a weird thing happened is correct
Experimentation Phase
The type of thinking that does not blindly accept arguments and conclusions, and instead examines assumptions, assesses sources, and weighs evidence when making conclusions
Critical Thinking
In an experiment, the factor that is measured and is expected to change when other variables change
Dependent Variable
This scientist originated and outlined the procedures used in studies that utilize behaviorism
B.F. Skinner
During this part of the scientific method of research, the researcher gathers and analyzes the data created during their experiments to see if their guess as to why a weird thing happened is correct
Data analysis / Drawing conclusions
The process of acquiring, through experience, new and enduring behaviors and information
Learning
The notation of any two factors that are common between two things being studied
Correlation
Why is prolonged use of consistent positive behavioral reinforcement discouraged
Subject begin to enact behaviors not because they are "right" but because they are rewarded. If the reward is removed, subjects will often stop exhibiting the "right" behavior
If a scientist's data points are not this, then their conclusions can not be considered valid
Repeatable by others using the same methods
The mental, and sometimes physical, connection that causes the brain to relate a stimuli to a consequence
Associative Learning
The notation of how any two factors being studied seem to reliably cause a third factor to be present in the majority of those being studied
Causation