An individual living organism’s activity, public or private, which may be influenced by external or internal stimulation.

A natural science that seeks to (1) accurately predict behavior and (2) identify functional variables that can be used to positively influence behavior. This science assumes that (1) behavior is determined by knowable environmental and biological variable

An observable stimulus change that happens after behavior occurs.

A relation between operant behavior and its controlling variables.

All of the things you experience through your senses (tastes, smells, sights, sounds, tactile sensations).

A variable that, if changed, will reliably and systematically influence behavior.

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.

Mentalistic explanations of behavior

These “explanations” put the cause of behavior in the individual’s vaguely defined “mind.”

Stimulus (Stimulus events)

Something that you can see, hear, smell, taste, or feel.

An approach to scientific explanation that emphasizes simplicity and reliance on well-established knowledge

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Week 2 Key Terms

Question	Answer
Behavior	An individual living organism’s activity, public or private, which may be influenced by external or internal stimulation.
Behavior analysis	A natural science that seeks to (1) accurately predict behavior and (2) identify functional variables that can be used to positively influence behavior. This science assumes that (1) behavior is determined by knowable environmental and biological variable
Consequence	An observable stimulus change that happens after behavior occurs.
Contingency	A relation between operant behavior and its controlling variables.
Environmental events	All of the things you experience through your senses (tastes, smells, sights, sounds, tactile sensations).
Functional variable	A variable that, if changed, will reliably and systematically influence behavior.
Response	A single instance of behavior.
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.
Mentalistic explanations of behavior	These “explanations” put the cause of behavior in the individual’s vaguely defined “mind.”
Stimulus (Stimulus events)	Something that you can see, hear, smell, taste, or feel.
Parsimony	An approach to scientific explanation that emphasizes simplicity and reliance on well-established knowledge

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