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EDF 6222 Concepts of ABA Midterm Exam
Questions With 100% Verified Answers
Philosophy of the science of human behavior - answer✔Behavior analysis
Philosophy of human behavior relying on introspection - answer✔Structuralism
Philosophy of human behavior in line with logical positivism - answer✔Methodological
Behaviorism
Measuring sensations and perceptions - answer✔The operation of discrimination
Assumption that mind and matter are not interdependent - answer✔Psychophysical parallelism
Being skeptical means - answer✔Examine the available evidence before making a decision
Effectively gathering and evaluating empirical evidence - answer✔Ensure that interobserver
agreement has been demonstrated and that experimental control was established
Explanation relying on psychic secretions - answer✔Mentalistic
Limitation of conditioning in explaining human behavior - answer✔While it can add countless
stimuli, it does not add any new responses.
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Contingencies of reinforcement vs contingencies of survival - answer✔The behavior of an
organism is accessible.
Behaviors selected for the species - answer✔Phylogenic contingencies
All conditioned reflexes serve to protect the organism - answer✔False
Behaviors selected for the individual - answer✔Ontogenic contingencies
Origins of phylogenetic behaviors referred to as - answer✔Instincts
Difficulty in identifying phylogenic contingencies - answer✔The learning history cannot be
observed. It is difficult to isolate from ontogenic contingencies.
Imitative responses - answer✔Require the learner to orient toward the model, might have to be
taught to children with autism, could be taught using mirrors
Use of mirrors in imitation training - answer✔The mirror might stimulate the mirror neurons
triggering imitation
Genes as the sole cause of behavior - answer✔False
Humans not unique in their ability to - answer✔Communicate with verbal language
Thorndike's Law of Effect - answer✔Organisms tend to learn new things when behaviors are
followed by pleasant stimuli and that behaviors tend to decrease when followed by negative
stimuli.
EDF 6222 Concepts of ABA Midterm Exam
Questions With 100% Verified Answers
Philosophy of the science of human behavior - answer✔Behavior analysis
Philosophy of human behavior relying on introspection - answer✔Structuralism
Philosophy of human behavior in line with logical positivism - answer✔Methodological
Behaviorism
Measuring sensations and perceptions - answer✔The operation of discrimination
Assumption that mind and matter are not interdependent - answer✔Psychophysical parallelism
Being skeptical means - answer✔Examine the available evidence before making a decision
Effectively gathering and evaluating empirical evidence - answer✔Ensure that interobserver
agreement has been demonstrated and that experimental control was established
Explanation relying on psychic secretions - answer✔Mentalistic
Limitation of conditioning in explaining human behavior - answer✔While it can add countless
stimuli, it does not add any new responses.
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Contingencies of reinforcement vs contingencies of survival - answer✔The behavior of an
organism is accessible.
Behaviors selected for the species - answer✔Phylogenic contingencies
All conditioned reflexes serve to protect the organism - answer✔False
Behaviors selected for the individual - answer✔Ontogenic contingencies
Origins of phylogenetic behaviors referred to as - answer✔Instincts
Difficulty in identifying phylogenic contingencies - answer✔The learning history cannot be
observed. It is difficult to isolate from ontogenic contingencies.
Imitative responses - answer✔Require the learner to orient toward the model, might have to be
taught to children with autism, could be taught using mirrors
Use of mirrors in imitation training - answer✔The mirror might stimulate the mirror neurons
triggering imitation
Genes as the sole cause of behavior - answer✔False
Humans not unique in their ability to - answer✔Communicate with verbal language
Thorndike's Law of Effect - answer✔Organisms tend to learn new things when behaviors are
followed by pleasant stimuli and that behaviors tend to decrease when followed by negative
stimuli.
