SPE 563 Module 5
experimentation - Answer the controlled comparison of some measure of the phenomenon of
interest (the dependent variable) under two or more different conditions (independent
variable)
depedent variable - Answer the behavior being studied; the behavior being change; the
behavior is dependent on the intervention for change
independent variable - Answer the intervention being studied; the intervention that is
changing the behavior
functional relationship - Answer also known as experimental control; is indicated when there
is a clear change in behavior between the baseline phase and the experimental phase; must be
replication
replication - Answer repeated conditions determine the reliability of the effects and increase
internal validity
internal validity - Answer the extent to which an experiment shows convincingly that changes
in behavior are a function of the independent variable (intervention) and not the result of
uncontrolled or unknown variables; degree of confidence
prediction - Answer the anticipated outcome of a presently unknown or future measurement;
what would happen if no intervention was put in place (established from BL data)
Verification - Answer Demonstrating that the prior level of baseline responding would have
remained unchanged had the independent variable not been introduced.(return to baseline)
Experimental Analysis of Behavior (EAB) - Answer a natural science approach to he study of
behavior as a subject matter in its own right founded by BF Skinner; lab based
selectionism - Answer the notion that behavior evolve and persist through natural selection;
evolutionary-Darwinism, Operant Conditioning-Skinner
phylogeny - Answer a type of selectionism; the evolutionary history of individuals originating
from the contingencies that operate during the environmental history of a species
experimentation - Answer the controlled comparison of some measure of the phenomenon of
interest (the dependent variable) under two or more different conditions (independent
variable)
depedent variable - Answer the behavior being studied; the behavior being change; the
behavior is dependent on the intervention for change
independent variable - Answer the intervention being studied; the intervention that is
changing the behavior
functional relationship - Answer also known as experimental control; is indicated when there
is a clear change in behavior between the baseline phase and the experimental phase; must be
replication
replication - Answer repeated conditions determine the reliability of the effects and increase
internal validity
internal validity - Answer the extent to which an experiment shows convincingly that changes
in behavior are a function of the independent variable (intervention) and not the result of
uncontrolled or unknown variables; degree of confidence
prediction - Answer the anticipated outcome of a presently unknown or future measurement;
what would happen if no intervention was put in place (established from BL data)
Verification - Answer Demonstrating that the prior level of baseline responding would have
remained unchanged had the independent variable not been introduced.(return to baseline)
Experimental Analysis of Behavior (EAB) - Answer a natural science approach to he study of
behavior as a subject matter in its own right founded by BF Skinner; lab based
selectionism - Answer the notion that behavior evolve and persist through natural selection;
evolutionary-Darwinism, Operant Conditioning-Skinner
phylogeny - Answer a type of selectionism; the evolutionary history of individuals originating
from the contingencies that operate during the environmental history of a species
