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EDF 6225 Exam #2 Questions and Correct Answers/
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Functional Relationship
Ans: the results of an experiment that describe the occurrence of the
phenomena under study as a function of the operation of one or more specified
and controlled variables in the experiment in which specific change in one event
(dependent variable) can be produced by manipulating another event (the
independent variable) and that the change in the dependent variable was unlikely
the result of other factors (confounding variable).
Functional Relationship
Ans: It shows specific manipulations of one event (IV) produce a change in
other events (DV) and that change in the DV was unlikely the result of
extraneous factors (confounding variables)- this finding is the....
Independent Variable (IV)
Ans: The variable that is systematically manipulated by the researcher in an
experiment to see whether changes in the independent variable produce reliable
changes in the dependent variable. In applied behavior analysis, it is usually an
environment event or condition antecedent or consequent to the dependent
variable. (sometimes called the intervention or treatment variable)
Dependent Variable (DV)
Ans: The measured behavior in an experiment to determine if it changes as a
result of manipulations of the independent variable; in applied behavior analysis, it
represents some measure of a socially significant behavior. (Target behavior)
antecedent
Ans: is the environmental conditions or stimulus changes that exist or occur
prior to the behavior of interest.
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Behavior
Ans: An organism's interaction with the environment.
Consequence
Ans: is anything immediately following a behavior in which we are interested.
Stimulus Class
Ans: A group of stimuli that are similar along one or more dimensions (for
example, they look or sound similar, they have a common effect on behavior, or
they occur at similar times relative to the response).
Stimulus Class
Ans: You show a student a banana, kiwi, strawberry and plum. You ask the
student, "What are these?" The student says, "Fruit", even though they are all
different fruits.
Response Class
Ans: is a group of responses that produce the same effect on the environment.
(in other words, several behaviors that have the same function.)
Response Class
Ans: A patient engages in head banging, screaming, and hitting staff which all
produce the same effect on the environment; the patient can escape their non-
preferred therapies.
The 4 Reinforcer Dimensions
Ans: Rate of reinforcement, Quality of reinforcement, Reinforcer Delay, and
Response effort.
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EDF 6225 Exam #2 Questions and Correct Answers/
Latest Update / Already Graded
Functional Relationship
Ans: the results of an experiment that describe the occurrence of the
phenomena under study as a function of the operation of one or more specified
and controlled variables in the experiment in which specific change in one event
(dependent variable) can be produced by manipulating another event (the
independent variable) and that the change in the dependent variable was unlikely
the result of other factors (confounding variable).
Functional Relationship
Ans: It shows specific manipulations of one event (IV) produce a change in
other events (DV) and that change in the DV was unlikely the result of
extraneous factors (confounding variables)- this finding is the....
Independent Variable (IV)
Ans: The variable that is systematically manipulated by the researcher in an
experiment to see whether changes in the independent variable produce reliable
changes in the dependent variable. In applied behavior analysis, it is usually an
environment event or condition antecedent or consequent to the dependent
variable. (sometimes called the intervention or treatment variable)
Dependent Variable (DV)
Ans: The measured behavior in an experiment to determine if it changes as a
result of manipulations of the independent variable; in applied behavior analysis, it
represents some measure of a socially significant behavior. (Target behavior)
antecedent
Ans: is the environmental conditions or stimulus changes that exist or occur
prior to the behavior of interest.
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Behavior
Ans: An organism's interaction with the environment.
Consequence
Ans: is anything immediately following a behavior in which we are interested.
Stimulus Class
Ans: A group of stimuli that are similar along one or more dimensions (for
example, they look or sound similar, they have a common effect on behavior, or
they occur at similar times relative to the response).
Stimulus Class
Ans: You show a student a banana, kiwi, strawberry and plum. You ask the
student, "What are these?" The student says, "Fruit", even though they are all
different fruits.
Response Class
Ans: is a group of responses that produce the same effect on the environment.
(in other words, several behaviors that have the same function.)
Response Class
Ans: A patient engages in head banging, screaming, and hitting staff which all
produce the same effect on the environment; the patient can escape their non-
preferred therapies.
The 4 Reinforcer Dimensions
Ans: Rate of reinforcement, Quality of reinforcement, Reinforcer Delay, and
Response effort.
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