Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
5130
Week 2 terms only
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Applied behavior analysis (ABA) | 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 (methodological behaviorism and radical behaviorism) |
| conditioning | the process of the modification of mental associations, primarily through classical or operant conditioning |
| reflex | A stimulus–response relation consisting of an antecedent stimulus and the respondent behavior it elicits. |
| reinforcement | A basic principle of behavior describing a response–consequence functional relation in which a response is followed immediately by a stimulus change that results in similar responses occurring more often. |
| response | A single instance or occurrence of a specific class or type of behavior. |
| stimulus | “An energy change that affects an organism through its receptor cells” (Michael, 2004, p. 7). |
| 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-nilly, accidental fashion. |
| empiricism | The objective observation of the phenomena of interest. |
| 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 IV) differs from one condition to another. |
| replication | 1. Repeating conditions within an experiment to determine the reliability of effects & increase internal validity. 2. Repeating whole experiments to determine the generality of findings of previous experiments to other subjects, settings, &/or behaviors. |
| parsimony | The practice of ruling out simple, logical explanations, experimentally or conceptually, before considering more complex or abstract explanations. |
| philosophical doubt | An attitude that the truthfulness and validity of all scientific theory and knowledge should be continually questioned. |
Created by:
pwlc
Popular Psychology sets