Unit A: Philosophical Underpinnings (BDS) Exam Questions with correct Answers 2025/2026 A+ Graded 100% Verified

Unit A: Philosophical Underpinnings
(BDS) Exam Questions with correct
Answers 2025/2026 A+ Graded 100%
Verified
Ontogenic - ANS- refers to behavior that is learned from an organism's interaction with
its environment (e.g., history of reinforcement)

Phylogenic - ANS- refers to behavior that is inherited

Generally, operant behavior is (onto or phylo) and respondent behavior is (onto or
phylo)? - ANS- Ontogenic
Phylogenic

Respondent behavior is _____ while operant behavior is ______. - ANS- elicted
(reflexively in response to antecedent stimuli)
emitted (function of both antecedent and consequent stimuli)

Description - ANS- systematic observations that can be quantified & classified

Prediction - ANS- two events vary consistently (e.g., when one event occurs, we are
likely to see the other, but one doesn't necessarily cause the other)

Control - ANS- functional relation
experimental demonstration that manipulating one event results in another event

What are the three scientific understandings? - ANS- description
prediction
control

What are the philosophical assumptions of behavior analysis? - ANS- determinism
pragmatism
empiricism
parsimony
philosophic doubt
selectionism