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BCBA Examwhat’s a correlation - a systematic covariation between two events Functional Relation - when data show that specifically manipulating the IV will produce a reliable change in the DV (and it is unlikely due to confounds) Determinism - The assumption that the universe is a lawful and orderly place in which phenomena occur in relation to other events and not in a willy-nilly, accidental fashion. Empiricism - the belief that accurate knowledge can be acquired through objective observation Replication - Repeating experiments to determine reliability and usefulness of findings parsimony - We must rule out simple logical explanations before considering more complex or abstract explanations Philosophical doubt - Always questioning the truthfulness and validity of all science and knowledge (being skeptical) EAB - Experimental Analysis of Behavior What is stimulus response (S-R) psychology - Watsonian Behaviorism, essentially looked at environmental stimuli (S) and responses (R) didnt account for Bx's without obvious antecedents SR Psychology vs three term contingency (ABC) - SR is more of an involuntary response like the dogs salivating at food, so its based on the antecedent not the consequence, and we know most behavior is operant and chosen by consequence Private events - *A*. Private events like thoughts and and feelings are behavior *B*. Behavior that takes place within the skin is different from other behaviors (public bx's) only by being inaccessible *C*. Private Bx is a function of the same types of variables as observable behavior methodological behaviorism - The view that private events (thoughts and feelings) are outside the realm of science Mentalism - Relies on hypothetical constructs and explanatory fictions, the view that private events are separate from observable events and this inner dimension causes or mediates some Bx's 7 dimensions of ABA - Applied, Behavioral, Analytic, Technological, Conceptually Systematic, Effective, Generality Behavior is: - the activity of living organismS A response is: - a specific instance of behavior Response topography - physical shape or form of behavior Response class - group of behaviors that vary in form, but have the same function (effect on the environment) Repertoire - either - all the behaviors a person can do or -a set of behaviors relevant to a certain setting or task stimulus is - "an energy change that affects an organism through its receptor cells" stimulus class - A group of stimuli that all basically mean the same thing and evoke or elicit the same response A group of stimuli that share specified common elements along formal (physical) , temporal (when), and/or functional dimensions. consequences - stimulus changes that follow a *target behavior* Stimulus changes can effect behavior: - in two ways: 1. an immediate (but temporary) effect of increasing or decreasing the current frequency of behavior 2. delayed (but relatively permanent) effect of increasing or decreasing the frequency of that type of behavior in the future What elicits respondent behavior - antecedent stimuli. (S-R) Respondent extinction - The repeated presentation of a conditioned stimulus(CS) in the absence of the unconditioned stimulus(US); the CS gradually loses its ability to elicit the conditioned response until the conditioned reflex no longer appears in the individual's repertoire. EG if Pavlov just kept ringing the bell and not giving food eventually the dogs would stop salivating at the bell