BEHV 5600 Terminology: CHH Chapters 1-2
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
the attitude of science which states that scientific subject matter should be observed using objective
methods - CORRECT ANSWER -empiricism
the domain of behavior analysis which focuses on the theory and philosophy of behavior, whose primary
activity is conceptual and philosophical analysis - CORRECT ANSWER -behaviorism
the assumption that behavior is lawfully determined by physical events and can be studied as such -
CORRECT ANSWER -determinism
the interaction between the movement of an organism and its environment - CORRECT
ANSWER -behavior
behavior that has been modified through experience with contingencies - CORRECT ANSWER -
contingency-shaped behavior
a variable that is synonymous with some observed behavior but does not further the understanding of
related to the behavior - CORRECT ANSWER -explanatory fiction
this dimension of applied behavior analysis ensures that a believable demonstration of the events that can
be responsible for the occurrence or non-occurrence of that behavior - CORRECT ANSWER -
analytic
a basic behavioral process in which the consequences of a behavior make the behavior more likely in the
future - CORRECT ANSWER -
the approach that leads us to search inside the organism for explanations for behavior - CORRECT
ANSWER -mentalism
, a response is followed by the termination, reduction, or postponement of a stimulus and similar responses
become more likely in the future - CORRECT ANSWER -
a dependency between behavior and its controlling variables - CORRECT ANSWER -contingency
the use of description, prediction, and control and reliance on determinism, empiricism, replication,
parsimony, and philosophic doubt to understand natural phenomena - CORRECT ANSWER -
science
an environmental event or condition that occurs before the behavior of interest - CORRECT
ANSWER -antecedent
behavior under the control of a DESCRIPTION of a contingency - CORRECT ANSWER -rule-
governed behavior
a response is followed by the presentation of a stimulus and similar responses become less likely in the
future - CORRECT ANSWER -positive punishment
ceasing to deliver the reinforcer for a previously reinforced behavior and a corresponding decrease in the
frequency of the behavior - CORRECT ANSWER -extinction
the dimension of applied behavior analysis which ensures that the target behavior is of importance to
society - CORRECT ANSWER -applied
the type of behaviorism that usually acknowledges the existence of mental events but does not consider
them in the analysis of behavior - CORRECT ANSWER -methodological behaviorism
a stimulus that evokes operant behavior because the behavior has been reinforced in its presence and
extinguished in its absence - CORRECT ANSWER -discriminative stimulus
the natural science that is the foundation of all behavior analytic research and practice - CORRECT
ANSWER -experimental analysis of behavior
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
the attitude of science which states that scientific subject matter should be observed using objective
methods - CORRECT ANSWER -empiricism
the domain of behavior analysis which focuses on the theory and philosophy of behavior, whose primary
activity is conceptual and philosophical analysis - CORRECT ANSWER -behaviorism
the assumption that behavior is lawfully determined by physical events and can be studied as such -
CORRECT ANSWER -determinism
the interaction between the movement of an organism and its environment - CORRECT
ANSWER -behavior
behavior that has been modified through experience with contingencies - CORRECT ANSWER -
contingency-shaped behavior
a variable that is synonymous with some observed behavior but does not further the understanding of
related to the behavior - CORRECT ANSWER -explanatory fiction
this dimension of applied behavior analysis ensures that a believable demonstration of the events that can
be responsible for the occurrence or non-occurrence of that behavior - CORRECT ANSWER -
analytic
a basic behavioral process in which the consequences of a behavior make the behavior more likely in the
future - CORRECT ANSWER -
the approach that leads us to search inside the organism for explanations for behavior - CORRECT
ANSWER -mentalism
, a response is followed by the termination, reduction, or postponement of a stimulus and similar responses
become more likely in the future - CORRECT ANSWER -
a dependency between behavior and its controlling variables - CORRECT ANSWER -contingency
the use of description, prediction, and control and reliance on determinism, empiricism, replication,
parsimony, and philosophic doubt to understand natural phenomena - CORRECT ANSWER -
science
an environmental event or condition that occurs before the behavior of interest - CORRECT
ANSWER -antecedent
behavior under the control of a DESCRIPTION of a contingency - CORRECT ANSWER -rule-
governed behavior
a response is followed by the presentation of a stimulus and similar responses become less likely in the
future - CORRECT ANSWER -positive punishment
ceasing to deliver the reinforcer for a previously reinforced behavior and a corresponding decrease in the
frequency of the behavior - CORRECT ANSWER -extinction
the dimension of applied behavior analysis which ensures that the target behavior is of importance to
society - CORRECT ANSWER -applied
the type of behaviorism that usually acknowledges the existence of mental events but does not consider
them in the analysis of behavior - CORRECT ANSWER -methodological behaviorism
a stimulus that evokes operant behavior because the behavior has been reinforced in its presence and
extinguished in its absence - CORRECT ANSWER -discriminative stimulus
the natural science that is the foundation of all behavior analytic research and practice - CORRECT
ANSWER -experimental analysis of behavior
