• Wrong document? Swap it for free
  • Written by students who passed
  • Immediately available after payment
  • Read online or as PDF
Sell
Where do you study
Your language
Document preview thumbnail
Preview 2 out of 6 pages
Exam (elaborations)

EDF 6225 Exam With Complete Solutions Latest Update

Document preview thumbnail
Preview 2 out of 6 pages

EDF 6225 Exam With Complete Solutions Latest UpdateEDF 6225 Exam With Complete Solutions Latest Update

Content preview

Functional relations can be derived. Specific change in one event can reliably be
produced by specific manipulation of another event and the change in the dependent
EDF 6225 Exam With Complete Solutions Latest Update variable was unlikely to be the result of other extraneous factors (confounding
variables). - ANSWER Control


Systematic approach for the seeking and organization of knowledge about the natural
world - ANSWER Science The universe is a lawful and orderly place which all phenomena occur as the result of
other events. Events do not occur at will. Events are related in systematic ways. -
ANSWER Determinism
To attain as much information as possible about the phenomena being studied and to
find the actual truths. Are not biased by groups or organizations or by the scientists
themselves. - ANSWER What is the purpose of the systematic approach for science? The practice of objective aberration of the phenomena of interest - ANSWER Empiricism



Describe the three levels of understanding for science - ANSWER Description, All scientific knowledge is built upon - ANSWER Empiricism
prediction, and control


Controlled comparison of some measure of phenomena of interest dependent variable
What is the highest level of understanding for science? - ANSWER Control under two or more different conditions in which only one factor at a time independent
variable differs from one condition to another. - ANSWER Experiment


What is the lowest understanding for science? - ANSWER Description
The repeating of an experiment. How scientists determine the reliability and usefulness
of their experiments. Can be within an experiment or across experiments. - ANSWER
Replication
Collection of facts about observed events that can be quantified, classified, and
examined for possible relations with other known facts. - ANSWER Description

The principle that eliminates all simple explanations before considering more complex
or abstract explanations. - ANSWER Parsimony
Can suggest hypothesis, questions, or additional research ideas - ANSWER Description


The constant doubting of the truthfulness and validity of all scientific theory and
Relative probability that when one events occurs, another event either will or will not
knowledge - ANSWER Philosophic doubt
occur. Demonstrates correlation between events. - ANSWER Prediction


A systematic approach to the understanding of natural phenomena as evidenced by
Must be based on repeated observations - ANSWER Prediction
description, prediction, and control that relies on determinism as its fundamental
assumption, empiricism as its prime directive, experimentation as its basic strategy,
replication as its necessary requirement for believability, parsimony as its conservative
Causal relationships can not be determined. Correlation does not mean causation. - value, and philosophic doubt as its guiding conscience. - ANS Science definition
ANSWER Prediction

, Does basic research - ANS Experimental analysis of behavior (EAB)

Private behavior has no special properties and is influenced by, i.e. is a function of, the
same kinds of variables as publicly accessible behavior - ANSWER Radical behaviorism
Develops technology to improve behavior. Understood through EAB and behaviorism. -
ANSWER Applied behavior analysis (ABA)

includes, and seeks to understand, all human behavior, fair-reaching and
thoroughgoing, dramatic departure from other conceptual systems - ANSWER Radical
Psychology in the early 1900's was dominated with the study of. - ANSWER states of behaviorism
consciousness, images, and other mental processes


One of the earliest reports of human application of operant behavior. The subject was
"Psychology as the Behaviorist Views It" article - ANSWER John B. Watson an 18-yr-old boy with profound intellectual disability. Arm-raising response was
conditioned by injecting a small amount of a warm sugar-milk solution into participant's
mouth every time he moved his right arm. - ANSWER Fuller (1949)
Observable behavior and S-R Psychology - ANSWER John B. Watson


"The psychiatric nurse as a behavioral engineer". Formed the basis for branch of
Foundational theory for the study of behavior as a natural science. Argued that subject behavior analysis that would alter be called applied behavior analysis. Described
matter for psychology should be the study of observable behavior, not states of mind or techniques based on principles of behavior to improve the functioning of chronically
mental processes. - ANSWER John B. Watson psychotic patients or residents with intellectual diabilities. - ANSWER Ayllon and
Michael (1959)


The behavior of the organsim - ANSWER Skinner
Researchers began to apply principles of behavior in an effort to improve socially
important behavior - ANSWER 1960s
Respondents are elicited ("brought out") by stimuli that immediately precede them.
Involuntary responses. Occur whenever eliciting stimulus is present. S-R model. -
ANSWER Respondent behavior Techniques for measuring behavior and controlling and manipulating variables were
sometimes unavailable or inappropriate. Little funding was available. No ready outlet for
publishing studies. - ANSWER 1960s
Consequences immediately following behavior shape it. Three-term contingency. S-R-S
model. Behaviors influenced by changes in the stimulus that have followed through in
the past because of the behavior. - ANSWER Operant behavior Formal beginning of contemporary applied behavior analysis. Application of principles
were made. - ANSWER 1960s-1970s


Private events, that is, thoughts and feelings, are behavior - ANSWER Radical
behaviorism Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis (JABA) began publication - ANSWER 1960s-1970s



Behavior occurring within the skin is distinguished from other ("public") behavior only First journal in United States to deal with applied problems and gave researchers using
by its inaccessibility - ANSWER Radical behaviorism methodology from the experimental analysis of behavior an outlet to publish findings.

Document information

Uploaded on
March 2, 2026
Number of pages
6
Written in
2025/2026
Type
Exam (elaborations)
Contains
Questions & answers
$24.99

Wrong document? Swap it for free Within 14 days of purchase and before downloading, you can choose a different document. You can simply spend the amount again.
Written by students who passed
Immediately available after payment
Read online or as PDF

Seller avatar
Reputation scores are based on the amount of documents a seller has sold for a fee and the reviews they have received for those documents. There are three levels: Bronze, Silver and Gold. The better the reputation, the more your can rely on the quality of the sellers work.
DrREED
4.9
(753)
Sold
157
Followers
25
Items
2397
Last sold
4 days ago



Why students choose Stuvia

Created by fellow students, verified by reviews

Quality you can trust: written by students who passed their tests and reviewed by others who've used these notes.

Didn't get what you expected? Choose another document

No worries! You can instantly pick a different document that better fits what you're looking for.

Pay as you like, start learning right away

No subscription, no commitments. Pay the way you're used to via credit card and download your PDF document instantly.

Student with book image

“Bought, downloaded, and aced it. It really can be that simple.”

Alisha Student

Working on your references?

Create accurate citations in APA, MLA and Harvard with our free citation generator.

Working on your references?

Frequently asked questions