SPE 563 ABA Pre-Assessment comprehensive Questions
and Answers with 100% Correct Answers | Latest Version
Question 1.
Definition of Behaviorism
Correct Answer: Assumption of an 'inner' dimension as the explanation of behavior
Question 2.
Definition of Naturalism
Correct Answer: Assumption that the universe is a lawful and orderly place in which
phenomena occur in relation to other events, not in accidental fashion
Question 3.
Principle of Parsimony
Correct Answer: Ruling out simple and logical explanations first, before considering
more complex or abstract explanations
Question 4.
Empiricism
Correct Answer: Best represents the idea that an event is locatable in time and space
in the natural world
Question 5.
Scientific Materialism
Correct Answer: View of the world that assumes only the natural world, which
presupposes an absolute truth
Question 6.
Criterion of Empirical Significance
Correct Answer: Question worth pursuing only if the answer would change our
knowledge of the world
Question 7.
Experimental Control
Correct Answer: Process of controlling variables to determine the effect of one
variable on a phenomena
, Question 8.
Dependent Variable
Correct Answer: Behavior under investigation
Question 9.
Independent Variable
Correct Answer: Intervention used in an investigation to study its effects on a
behavior
Question 10.
Methodology
Correct Answer: Method used to confirm efficacy and display reliability of scientific
study
Question 11.
Which Term Refers to Demonstrating That the Dependent Variable Would Not Change
Without Application of an Independent Variable?
Correct Answer:
Question 12.
Which Term Describes Being Able to Anticipate How a Behavior Will Occur in the Future?
Correct Answer:
Question 13.
This Term Refers to a Philosophical Position in Which Behavioral Events That Cannot Be
Observed Are Not Behaviors.
Correct Answer:
Question 14.
Founded by Skinner, This Natural Science Focuses on Studying Operant Behavior as a
Subject Matter, Using Single Subject Experimental Designs Rather Than Group Designs, to
Measure Behavior as a Dependent Variable.
Correct Answer:
Question 15.
Which Term Refers to the Philosophy of a Science Based on Observable and Measurable
Phenomena?
Correct Answer:
and Answers with 100% Correct Answers | Latest Version
Question 1.
Definition of Behaviorism
Correct Answer: Assumption of an 'inner' dimension as the explanation of behavior
Question 2.
Definition of Naturalism
Correct Answer: Assumption that the universe is a lawful and orderly place in which
phenomena occur in relation to other events, not in accidental fashion
Question 3.
Principle of Parsimony
Correct Answer: Ruling out simple and logical explanations first, before considering
more complex or abstract explanations
Question 4.
Empiricism
Correct Answer: Best represents the idea that an event is locatable in time and space
in the natural world
Question 5.
Scientific Materialism
Correct Answer: View of the world that assumes only the natural world, which
presupposes an absolute truth
Question 6.
Criterion of Empirical Significance
Correct Answer: Question worth pursuing only if the answer would change our
knowledge of the world
Question 7.
Experimental Control
Correct Answer: Process of controlling variables to determine the effect of one
variable on a phenomena
, Question 8.
Dependent Variable
Correct Answer: Behavior under investigation
Question 9.
Independent Variable
Correct Answer: Intervention used in an investigation to study its effects on a
behavior
Question 10.
Methodology
Correct Answer: Method used to confirm efficacy and display reliability of scientific
study
Question 11.
Which Term Refers to Demonstrating That the Dependent Variable Would Not Change
Without Application of an Independent Variable?
Correct Answer:
Question 12.
Which Term Describes Being Able to Anticipate How a Behavior Will Occur in the Future?
Correct Answer:
Question 13.
This Term Refers to a Philosophical Position in Which Behavioral Events That Cannot Be
Observed Are Not Behaviors.
Correct Answer:
Question 14.
Founded by Skinner, This Natural Science Focuses on Studying Operant Behavior as a
Subject Matter, Using Single Subject Experimental Designs Rather Than Group Designs, to
Measure Behavior as a Dependent Variable.
Correct Answer:
Question 15.
Which Term Refers to the Philosophy of a Science Based on Observable and Measurable
Phenomena?
Correct Answer:
