Spce 611 Exam 1

SPCE 611 EXAM 1

Descriptionai-aians--
✔✔Theailevelaiofaiinvestigationaithataiinvolvesaitheaicollectionaiofaifactsaiaboutaiobservedai
eventsaithataicanaibeaiquantified,aiclassified,aiandaiexaminedaiforaipossibleairelationsaiwithai
otheraiknownaifacts,aiandaioftenaisuggestsaihypothesesaioraiquestionsaiforaiadditionalairese
arch.aiP.ai3

Predictionai-aians--
✔✔Theailevelaiofaiinvestigationaithataidemonstratesaicorrelationaibetweenaieventsaiandaiisa
ibasedaionairepeatedaiobservations.aiP.ai3


Controlai-aians--
✔✔Theailevelaiofaiinvestigationaiinaiwhichaifunctionalairelationsaicanaibeaiderived.aiP.ai4

OverallaiGoalaiofaiScienceai-aians--
✔✔Toaiachieveaiaaithoroughaiunderstandingaiofaitheaiphenomenonaiunderaistudy.aiP.ai3

FunctionalaiRelationai-aians--
✔✔Specificaichangeaiinaitheaidependentaivariableaicanaireliablyaibeaiproducedaibyaispecifi
caimanipulationsaiinaitheaiindependentaivariable,aiandaitheaichangeaiinaitheaidependentaiva
riableaiwasaiunlikelyaitoaibeaitheairesultaiofaiconfoundingaivariables.aiP.ai4

Determinismai-aians--
✔✔Thisaiisaitheaiassumptionaiuponaiwhichaiscienceaiisaipredicated,aitheaiideaaithataitheaiun
iverseaiisaiaailawfulaiandaiorderlyaiplaceaiinaiwhichaiallaiphenomenaaioccuraiasaitheairesultaio
faiotheraievents.aiP.ai5

Empiricismai-aians--
✔✔Theaipracticeaiofaiobjectiveaiobservationaiofaitheaiphenomenaaiofaiinterest;aiobjectiveaio
bservationsaiareai"independentaiofaitheaiindividualaiprejudices,aitastes,aiandaiprivateaiopini
onsaiofaitheaiscientist...aiResultsaiofaiempiricalaimethodsaiareaiobjectiveaiinaithataitheyaiareai
openaitoaianyone'saiobservationaiandaidoainotaidependaionaitheaisubjectiveaibeliefaiofaitheaii
ndividualaiscientist"aiP.ai5

Experimentai-aians--
✔✔Aaicarefullyaiconductedaicomparisonaiofaisomeaimeasureaiofaitheaiphenomenonaiofaiint
erestai(theaidependentaivariable)aiunderaitwoaioraimoreaidifferentaiconditionsaiinaiwhichaionl
yaioneaifactoraiataiaaitimeai(theaiindependentaivariable)aidiffersaifromaioneaiconditionaitoaian
other.aiP.ai6

, Experimentalaianalysisaiofaibehaviorai-aians--
✔✔Thisaiisaitheaibranchaiofaibehavioraianalysisaithataifocusesaionaibasicairesearch.aiP.11

Replicationai-aians--
✔✔Theairepeatingaiofaiexperimentsaitoaidetermineaitheaireliabilityaiandaiusefulnessaiofaifin
dings.aiIncludesaitheairepetitionaiofaiindependentaivariableaiconditionsaiwithinaiexperiments
.aiMethodaiforaiwhichaimistakesaiareaidiscovered
P.ai6

Parsimonyai-aians--
✔✔Thisaiisaitheaiideaaithataisimple,ailogicalaiexplanationsaimustaibeairuledaiout,aiexperimen
tallyaioraiconceptually,aibeforeaimoreaicomplexaioraiabstractaiexplanationsaiareaiconsidered
.aiP.6

PhilosophicaiDoubtai-aians--
✔✔Requiresaitheaiscientistaitoaicontinuallyaiquestionaitheaitruthfulnessaiofaiwhataiisairegard
edaiasaifact.aiP.ai6

Scienceai-aians--
✔✔Aaisystematicaiapproachaitoaitheaiunderstandingaiofainaturalaiphenomena--
asaievidencedaibyaidescription,aiprediction,aiandaicontrol---
thataireliesaionaideterminismaiasaiitsaifundamentalaiassumption,aiempiricismaiasaiitsaiprime
aidirective,aiexperimentationaiasaiitsaibasicaistrategy,aireplicationaiasaiitsainecessaryairequir
ementaiforaibelievably,aiparsimonyaiasaiitsaiconservativeaivalue,aiandaiphilosophicaidoubtai
asaiitsaiguidingaiconscience.

Behaviorismai-aians--✔✔Theaiphilosophyaiofaiaaiscienceaiofaibehavior.aiP.ai7

Three-termaicontingencyai-aians--✔✔TheaiS-R-Saimodelaiofaipsychology.aiP.ai10

OperantaiBehaviorai-aians--
✔✔Behaviorsaiisaishapedaithroughaitheaiconsequenceaithataiimmediatelyaifollowaiit.aiP.ai10

B.aiF.aiSkinnerai-aians--
✔✔Thisaipersonaiisaiconsideredaitoaibeaitheaifounderaiofaiexperimentalaianalysisaiofaibehav
ior.

HypotheticalaiConstructsai-aians--
✔✔Aaipresumedaibutaiunobservedaiprocessaioraientity.aiP.ai10

ExperimentalaiAnalysisaiofaiBehaviorai(EAB)ai-aians--
✔✔Aainaturalaiscienceaiapproachaitoaitheaistudyaiofaibehavioraiasaiaaisubjectaimatteraiinaiits
aiownairightaifoundedaibyaiB.aiF.aiSkinner;aimethodologicalaifeaturesaiincludeairateaiofairesp
onseaiasaiaaibasicaidependentaivariable,airepeatedaioraicontinuousaimeasurementaiofaiclea
rlyaidefinedairesponseaiclasses,aiwithin-