EDF 6225 FINAL COMPLETE COURSE REVIEW
GUIDE
◉ Functional Relationship.
Answer: 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).
Answer: 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).
Answer: 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.
,Answer: is the environmental conditions or stimulus changes that
exist or occur prior to the behavior of interest.
◉ Behavior.
Answer: An organism's interaction with the environment.
◉ Consequence.
Answer: is anything immediately following a behavior in which we
are interested.
◉ Stimulus Class.
Answer: 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.
Answer: 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.
, Answer: 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.
Answer: 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.
Answer: Rate of reinforcement, Quality of reinforcement, Reinforcer
Delay, and Response effort.
◉ Rate of reinforcement.
Answer: is the number of reinforcements per time
◉ Quality of reinforcement.
Answer: how good is that reinforcer compared to other similar
reinforcers
◉ Reinforcer Delay.
Answer: refers to whether access to reinforcers earned was
immediate or delayed.
GUIDE
◉ Functional Relationship.
Answer: 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).
Answer: 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).
Answer: 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.
,Answer: is the environmental conditions or stimulus changes that
exist or occur prior to the behavior of interest.
◉ Behavior.
Answer: An organism's interaction with the environment.
◉ Consequence.
Answer: is anything immediately following a behavior in which we
are interested.
◉ Stimulus Class.
Answer: 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.
Answer: 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.
, Answer: 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.
Answer: 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.
Answer: Rate of reinforcement, Quality of reinforcement, Reinforcer
Delay, and Response effort.
◉ Rate of reinforcement.
Answer: is the number of reinforcements per time
◉ Quality of reinforcement.
Answer: how good is that reinforcer compared to other similar
reinforcers
◉ Reinforcer Delay.
Answer: refers to whether access to reinforcers earned was
immediate or delayed.
