BEHVO 424 MIDTERM UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Pavlov
Answer:
Founder of Discovered classical conditioning reflex during his studies with dogs
establishing respondent conditioning as a learning method
Question:
2. Mentalism
Answer:
Study of behavior which assumes that mental or inner dimension exists that differs
from a behavioral dimension; hypothetical constructs and explanatory fictions
Question:
3. Hypothetical Construct
Answer:
Presumed but unobserved entities that could not be manipulated in an
experiment
Question:
4. Science
Answer:
a systematic approach to the understanding of natural phenomena
Question:
5. Description
Answer:
Collection of facts about the observed events that can be quantified, classified
and examined for possible relations with other known facts- necessary and
important activity for any scientific discipline.
Suggest hypotheses or questions.
Question:
6. Prediction
Answer:
Repeated observations reveal that two events consistently covary with each other.
Demonstrates correlation.
, Question:
7. Control
Answer:
Level of investigation in which functional relations can be derived.
Question:
8. Function Relation
Answer:
exists when a well-controlled experiment reveals that a specific change in one
event (DV) can reliably be produced by specific manipulations of another event
(IV) and that the change in the dependent variable was unlikely to be the result of
other extraneous factors (CV).
Question:
9. Independent Variable
Answer:
the particular aspect of the environment that the experimenter manipulates to find
out whether it affects the subject's behavior
Question:
10. Dependent Variable
Answer:
the target behavior in applied behavior analysis experiment, or more precisely a
measurable dimensional quantity of that behavior
Question:
11. Extraneous Variable
Answer:
any aspect of the experimetal setting that must be held constant to prevent
unplanned environmental variation
Question:
12. Determinism
Answer:
The assumption that the universe is a lawful and orderly place in which
phenomena occur in relation to other events and not in a willy-nilly, accidental
fashion.
Question:
13. Empiricism
Answer:
The practice of objective observation of the phenomena of interest.
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Pavlov
Answer:
Founder of Discovered classical conditioning reflex during his studies with dogs
establishing respondent conditioning as a learning method
Question:
2. Mentalism
Answer:
Study of behavior which assumes that mental or inner dimension exists that differs
from a behavioral dimension; hypothetical constructs and explanatory fictions
Question:
3. Hypothetical Construct
Answer:
Presumed but unobserved entities that could not be manipulated in an
experiment
Question:
4. Science
Answer:
a systematic approach to the understanding of natural phenomena
Question:
5. Description
Answer:
Collection of facts about the observed events that can be quantified, classified
and examined for possible relations with other known facts- necessary and
important activity for any scientific discipline.
Suggest hypotheses or questions.
Question:
6. Prediction
Answer:
Repeated observations reveal that two events consistently covary with each other.
Demonstrates correlation.
, Question:
7. Control
Answer:
Level of investigation in which functional relations can be derived.
Question:
8. Function Relation
Answer:
exists when a well-controlled experiment reveals that a specific change in one
event (DV) can reliably be produced by specific manipulations of another event
(IV) and that the change in the dependent variable was unlikely to be the result of
other extraneous factors (CV).
Question:
9. Independent Variable
Answer:
the particular aspect of the environment that the experimenter manipulates to find
out whether it affects the subject's behavior
Question:
10. Dependent Variable
Answer:
the target behavior in applied behavior analysis experiment, or more precisely a
measurable dimensional quantity of that behavior
Question:
11. Extraneous Variable
Answer:
any aspect of the experimetal setting that must be held constant to prevent
unplanned environmental variation
Question:
12. Determinism
Answer:
The assumption that the universe is a lawful and orderly place in which
phenomena occur in relation to other events and not in a willy-nilly, accidental
fashion.
Question:
13. Empiricism
Answer:
The practice of objective observation of the phenomena of interest.
