Applied Behavior Analysis

The science in which tactics derived from the principles of behavior are applied to improve socially significant behavior and experimentation is used to identify the variables responsible for the improvement in behavior.

The philosophy of a science of behavior; there are various forms of behaviorism.

The assumption that the universe is a lawful and orderly place in which phenomena occur in relation to other events and not in a willy

The objective observation of the phenomena of interest; objective observations are "independent of the individual prejudices, tastes, and private opinions of the scientist... Results of empirical methods are objective in that they are open to anyone's obs

A carefully 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 (the independent variable) differs from one condition to another.

Experimental Analysis of Behavior (EAB)

a natural science approach to the study of behavior as a subject matter in its own right founded by B.F.Skinner; methodological features include rate of response as a basic dependent variable, repeated or continuous measurement of clearly defined response

a fictitious or hypothetical variable that often takes form of another name for the observed phenomenon it claims to explain and contributes nothing to a functional account or understanding of the phenomenon, such as "intelligence" or "cognitive awareness

A term with two meanings in contemporary behavior analysis literature. In its original and most fundamental usage, functional analysis denotes demonstrations of functional relations between environmental variables and behavior. In the context of determini

A verbal statement summarizing the results of an experiment (or group of related experiments) that describes the occurrence of the phenomena under study as a function of the operation of one or more specified and controlled variables in the experiment in

Hypothetical Construct

A presumed but unobserved process or entity (e.g., Freud's id, ego, and superego).

An approach to explaining behavior that assumes that a mental, or "inner," dimension exists that differs from a behavioral dimension and that phenomena in this dimension either directly cause or at least mediate some forms of behavior, if not all.

Methodological Behaviorism

A philosophical position that views behavioral events that cannot be publicly observed as outside the realm of science.

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Definitions and Characteristics Of Applied Behvaior Analysis

Question	Answer
Applied Behavior Analysis	The science in which tactics derived from the principles of behavior are applied to improve socially significant behavior and experimentation is used to identify the variables responsible for the improvement in behavior.
Behaviorism	The philosophy of a science of behavior; there are various forms of behaviorism.
Determinism	The assumption that the universe is a lawful and orderly place in which phenomena occur in relation to other events and not in a willy
Empiricism	The objective observation of the phenomena of interest; objective observations are "independent of the individual prejudices, tastes, and private opinions of the scientist... Results of empirical methods are objective in that they are open to anyone's obs
Experiment	A carefully 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 (the independent variable) differs from one condition to another.
Experimental Analysis of Behavior (EAB)	a natural science approach to the study of behavior as a subject matter in its own right founded by B.F.Skinner; methodological features include rate of response as a basic dependent variable, repeated or continuous measurement of clearly defined response
Explanatory Fiction	a fictitious or hypothetical variable that often takes form of another name for the observed phenomenon it claims to explain and contributes nothing to a functional account or understanding of the phenomenon, such as "intelligence" or "cognitive awareness
Functional Analysis	A term with two meanings in contemporary behavior analysis literature. In its original and most fundamental usage, functional analysis denotes demonstrations of functional relations between environmental variables and behavior. In the context of determini
Functional Relation	A verbal statement summarizing the results of an experiment (or group of related experiments) that describes the occurrence of the phenomena under study as a function of the operation of one or more specified and controlled variables in the experiment in
Hypothetical Construct	A presumed but unobserved process or entity (e.g., Freud's id, ego, and superego).
Mentalism	An approach to explaining behavior that assumes that a mental, or "inner," dimension exists that differs from a behavioral dimension and that phenomena in this dimension either directly cause or at least mediate some forms of behavior, if not all.
Methodological Behaviorism	A philosophical position that views behavioral events that cannot be publicly observed as outside the realm of science.

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