PSY7711 Week 3 Study Guide
What is a visual representation of data? - Answer graph
What is happening when two or more people observe a behavior independently and
simultaneously to ensure reliable measurement? - Answer Interobserver agreement
What is the time between the occurrence of consecutive responses? - Answer Inter-response
time (IRT)
What is an influence on the data reported by an observer that results from the observer's
awareness that others are evaluating the data? - Answer Observer reactivity
What is a dimension of behavior that relates to the time between a stimulus and the onset of
the behavior? - Answer Latency
A research design consisting of a baseline and a treatment phase. - Answer A-B design
The three-step form of reasoning that begins with a true antecedent-consequent statement and
proceeds as follows: (1) if A is true, then B is true; (2) B is found to be true; (3) therefore, A is
true. - Answer affirmation of the consequent
A data path that shows an increasing trend in the response measure over time. - Answer
ascending baseline
The condition or phase in which no treatment is implemented. - Answer baseline
A term sometimes used to refer to the experimental reasoning inherent in single-subject
experimental designs that entails three elements: prediction, verification, and replication. -
Answer baseline logic
An uncontrolled factor known or suspected to exert influence on the dependent variable. -
Answer confounding variable
A data path that shows a decreasing trend in the response measure over time. - Answer
Descending baseline
The outcome of an experiment that demonstrates convincingly a functional relation, or the
extent to which a researcher maintains precise control of the independent variable by
presenting it, withdrawing it, and/or varying its value. - Answer experimental control
What is a visual representation of data? - Answer graph
What is happening when two or more people observe a behavior independently and
simultaneously to ensure reliable measurement? - Answer Interobserver agreement
What is the time between the occurrence of consecutive responses? - Answer Inter-response
time (IRT)
What is an influence on the data reported by an observer that results from the observer's
awareness that others are evaluating the data? - Answer Observer reactivity
What is a dimension of behavior that relates to the time between a stimulus and the onset of
the behavior? - Answer Latency
A research design consisting of a baseline and a treatment phase. - Answer A-B design
The three-step form of reasoning that begins with a true antecedent-consequent statement and
proceeds as follows: (1) if A is true, then B is true; (2) B is found to be true; (3) therefore, A is
true. - Answer affirmation of the consequent
A data path that shows an increasing trend in the response measure over time. - Answer
ascending baseline
The condition or phase in which no treatment is implemented. - Answer baseline
A term sometimes used to refer to the experimental reasoning inherent in single-subject
experimental designs that entails three elements: prediction, verification, and replication. -
Answer baseline logic
An uncontrolled factor known or suspected to exert influence on the dependent variable. -
Answer confounding variable
A data path that shows a decreasing trend in the response measure over time. - Answer
Descending baseline
The outcome of an experiment that demonstrates convincingly a functional relation, or the
extent to which a researcher maintains precise control of the independent variable by
presenting it, withdrawing it, and/or varying its value. - Answer experimental control
