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ny experiment worth its salt (i.e., worthy of investigation) will raise more
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____?_______ than it answers" (Sidman, 1960, p. 8)
questions
/F? Marcus completed a functional analysis and it indicated that attention is the
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function of Timmy's tantrum. Is it possible he demonstrated a functional relation?
True
/F? The Law of Effect was discovered by Thorndike in 1898 and demonstrated
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learning of novel behaviour.
Megan has a rash. The doctor prescribes a cream to apply each hour to reduce itching.
Every hour Megan applies the cream, the itch is reduced. Every hour Megan forgets to
apply the cream, and the rash is very itchy. We can discern a functional relation based
on these events.
True
/F? Principles of operant conditioning were first used with humans with mental
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illnesses, such as schizophrenia, as opposed to developmental disabilities.
True
he single case design is different than a case history because a case history derives
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its conclusions based on ____?_________; whereas, single case design derives its
conclusions by _________?__________________
correlation & Experimental control
J erry, a BCBA, recently read that social stories have no effect in skill acquisition. He
discounts this information because he has had a good experience using them in his
clinic. What attitude of science is he violating?
, hilophsical Doubt
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We can assume functional relation demonstrate causation because of what attitude of
science?
Determinism
involves a clear experimental question, a plan for measuring and
recording the variables, analysis of the results, and critical peer review
experimentation
BC data recording can demonstrate __________ . A functional analysis can
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demonstrate _________
correltation & possible causation
Which section of the methods would you find the following: Description of how the
research accounted for the extent in which changes in the intervention caused a change
in the measured behavior and not other variable.
validity
Which section of the methods would you find the following: IOA was 80% and was taken
for 33% of the sessions.
reliability
Which section of the methods would you find the following: This study utilized
multiple baseline across participants.
design
Which type of experimental question is the following: Will a token economy increase
responding in the classroom?
demonstration
Which type if experimental question is the following: Will functional communication
training alone or functional communication training with a multiple schedule of
reinforcement decrease escape behavior?
comparison
Which type of experimental question is the following: What effect will verbal praise have
on responding behavior when faded from 1 minute to 5 minutes to 10 minutes?
Parametric
What recording system would you use to document duration?
stopwatch
What recording system would you use to document if the dishwasher was emptied?
Permanent product
What recording system would you use to document the duration of time it took for
students to exit after the fire alarm was sounded?
Stopwatch