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ABA 26 1&2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Behavioral Analysis | The scientific study of behavior and the environmental variables that influence it. |
| Radical Behaviorism | Skinners philosophy of behavior that treats both public and private events as behavior to be explained scientifically. |
| Behaviorism | The philosophy of science that guides the study of behavior. |
| Selectionism | The view that behavior changes through selection by its consequences. |
| Control | The demonstration that changes in 1 variable produce changes in another. |
| Description | The scientific identification and measurement of events. |
| Experimental Analysis of Behavior (EAB) | The branch of behavior analysis that investigates basic behavioral processes through experimental research. |
| Prediction | The identification of reliable relations between events. |
| Empiricism | The practice of acquiring knowledge through systematic observation and measurement. |
| Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) | The application of behavior- analytic principles to improve socially significant behavior. |
| Unconditional Stimulus (US) | A stimulus that elicits a response without prior learning. |