BCBA exam (A+ Graded Already)

Description correct answers Behavior can be quantified, observed, measured etc. Prediction correct answers Correlation Control correct answers Functional Relation Parsimony correct answers The simplest explanation is best Replication correct answers Doing an experiment over and over again and hopefully getting the same result Experimentation correct answers controlling for variables to determine a cause and effect Philosophical Doubt correct answers checking and re-checking facts, always question and be skeptical Empiricism correct answers Emperor wants FACTS Determinism correct answers all behavior has causes Phylogenic correct answers behavior that is inherited genetically ie not learned. and elicited. respondant otogenic correct answers Behavior that is operant, or learned, resulting from interaction with the environment and emitted mentalism correct answers charactarizes feelings as the causes of bx circular reasoning correct answers uses the same information to determine both the cause and the effect hes mad bc he has adhd, he has adhd because hes mad radical behaviorism correct answers a comprehensive way to look at both covert and overt responses according to radical behaviorists, thinking is correct answers someone covertly talking to themselves radical behaviorists believe correct answers bx is a function of antecedents and consequences in the environment according to the S-R-S model private event correct answers an event that can only be detected by the person. Usually occurs within the skin. EX. an itch or a thought a behavior technology correct answers used to make something work better