BEHV 5610 UNT TERMINOLOGY MODULE 1 WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
prediction - Correct Answer using existing knowledge from observation to suggest that two events
are related and that there is a high probability that they will co-occur
control - Correct Answer in depth understanding of the subject matter which allows the scientist to
predict and manipulate the occurrence or non-occurrence of some event
description - Correct Answer collecting, quantifying and organizing knowledge about some observed
events to allow for classification and comparison to other knowledge
science - Correct Answer the use of description, prediction, and control and reliance on determinism,
empiricism, replication, parsimony, and philosophic doubt to understand natural phenomena
socially important behaviors - Correct Answer behaviors that enhance and improve people's lives
correlation - Correct Answer when two events are observed to co-occur
functional relation - Correct Answer a verbal statement that describes 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 a specific change in one event can be produced by manipulating
another event and that change in the dependent variable was unlikely the result of other factors
independent variable - Correct Answer the variable that is applied by the researcher, sometimes
called the intervention or treatment variable, that is manipulated to determine its effect on the
dependent variable
dependent variable - Correct Answer the variable of interest that is measured to determine what
effect the independent variable during an experiment
confounding variable - Correct Answer a variable that cannot be eliminated as affecting the
dependent variable because it was not controlled for
pseudoscience - Correct Answer the practice of making claims that are often unfalsifiable and always
contradicted or unsupported by scientific evidence
,skepticism - Correct Answer the practice of using objective evidence to evaluate whether or not a
claim is accurate
validity - Correct Answer the extent to which some claim is truthful or scientifically supported
Experimental Analysis of Behavior (EAB) - Correct Answer the natural science that is the foundation
of all behavior analytic research and practice
replication - Correct Answer the repeating of experiments and conditions within experiments which
allows scientists to determine the reliability and usefulness of their findings
deductive reasoning - Correct Answer methods which purport theories a priori and then test them
against empirical evidence
inductive reasoning - Correct Answer scientific methods which work to obtain objective data prior to
developing theories or suggesting possible functional relations or principles
epistemology - Correct Answer approach to scientific study and theory
lawful/lawfulness - Correct Answer adherence to the assumption of determinism which suggests that
all behavior is orderly
mentalism - Correct Answer the approach that leads us to search inside the organism for
explanations for behavior
Locus of control - Correct Answer the location of those influential and initiating causes of behavior
phylogeny - Correct Answer history which selects for inherited behaviors
ontogeny - Correct Answer history which selects for behaviors learned over the organism's lifetime
dualism - Correct Answer the position that there are multiple worlds apart from the physical world
, materialism - Correct Answer the belief that the world is made up of only physical things and events
of a variety of relations and states
respondent behavior - Correct Answer the kind of behavior that is correlated with specific eliciting
stimuli
operant behavior - Correct Answer behavior for which the causal mode of selection is consequences;
often described as either contingency-shaped or rule-governed.
rule governed behavior - Correct Answer occurs when an individual is behavior in accordance with
explicit rules, advice, or instructions
contingency shaped behavior - Correct Answer the class of operant behavior that (a) follows the
principle of consequential selection and (b) comes under stimulus control and is described using the
three-term contingency
overt behavior - Correct Answer readily observable by others
covert behavior - Correct Answer not readily observable by others
private events - Correct Answer real events that are characterized by limited accessibility to others
determinism - Correct Answer the assumption that behavior is lawfully determined by physical
events and can be studied as such
collecting facts about observed events for quantification, classification, and comparison with other
knowledge - Correct Answer description
using information from repeated observations to suppose that two events are correlated and the
presence of one is indicative of the other being likely to occur - Correct Answer prediction
the highest level of scientific understanding that allows you to predict with certainty when one event
will occur and reliably produce it - Correct Answer control
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
prediction - Correct Answer using existing knowledge from observation to suggest that two events
are related and that there is a high probability that they will co-occur
control - Correct Answer in depth understanding of the subject matter which allows the scientist to
predict and manipulate the occurrence or non-occurrence of some event
description - Correct Answer collecting, quantifying and organizing knowledge about some observed
events to allow for classification and comparison to other knowledge
science - Correct Answer the use of description, prediction, and control and reliance on determinism,
empiricism, replication, parsimony, and philosophic doubt to understand natural phenomena
socially important behaviors - Correct Answer behaviors that enhance and improve people's lives
correlation - Correct Answer when two events are observed to co-occur
functional relation - Correct Answer a verbal statement that describes 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 a specific change in one event can be produced by manipulating
another event and that change in the dependent variable was unlikely the result of other factors
independent variable - Correct Answer the variable that is applied by the researcher, sometimes
called the intervention or treatment variable, that is manipulated to determine its effect on the
dependent variable
dependent variable - Correct Answer the variable of interest that is measured to determine what
effect the independent variable during an experiment
confounding variable - Correct Answer a variable that cannot be eliminated as affecting the
dependent variable because it was not controlled for
pseudoscience - Correct Answer the practice of making claims that are often unfalsifiable and always
contradicted or unsupported by scientific evidence
,skepticism - Correct Answer the practice of using objective evidence to evaluate whether or not a
claim is accurate
validity - Correct Answer the extent to which some claim is truthful or scientifically supported
Experimental Analysis of Behavior (EAB) - Correct Answer the natural science that is the foundation
of all behavior analytic research and practice
replication - Correct Answer the repeating of experiments and conditions within experiments which
allows scientists to determine the reliability and usefulness of their findings
deductive reasoning - Correct Answer methods which purport theories a priori and then test them
against empirical evidence
inductive reasoning - Correct Answer scientific methods which work to obtain objective data prior to
developing theories or suggesting possible functional relations or principles
epistemology - Correct Answer approach to scientific study and theory
lawful/lawfulness - Correct Answer adherence to the assumption of determinism which suggests that
all behavior is orderly
mentalism - Correct Answer the approach that leads us to search inside the organism for
explanations for behavior
Locus of control - Correct Answer the location of those influential and initiating causes of behavior
phylogeny - Correct Answer history which selects for inherited behaviors
ontogeny - Correct Answer history which selects for behaviors learned over the organism's lifetime
dualism - Correct Answer the position that there are multiple worlds apart from the physical world
, materialism - Correct Answer the belief that the world is made up of only physical things and events
of a variety of relations and states
respondent behavior - Correct Answer the kind of behavior that is correlated with specific eliciting
stimuli
operant behavior - Correct Answer behavior for which the causal mode of selection is consequences;
often described as either contingency-shaped or rule-governed.
rule governed behavior - Correct Answer occurs when an individual is behavior in accordance with
explicit rules, advice, or instructions
contingency shaped behavior - Correct Answer the class of operant behavior that (a) follows the
principle of consequential selection and (b) comes under stimulus control and is described using the
three-term contingency
overt behavior - Correct Answer readily observable by others
covert behavior - Correct Answer not readily observable by others
private events - Correct Answer real events that are characterized by limited accessibility to others
determinism - Correct Answer the assumption that behavior is lawfully determined by physical
events and can be studied as such
collecting facts about observed events for quantification, classification, and comparison with other
knowledge - Correct Answer description
using information from repeated observations to suppose that two events are correlated and the
presence of one is indicative of the other being likely to occur - Correct Answer prediction
the highest level of scientific understanding that allows you to predict with certainty when one event
will occur and reliably produce it - Correct Answer control
