BEHV 4010 Exam 1 (3).

BEHV 4010 Exam 1
6 attitudes of science? - ANS-- Empirical
-Objective
-Self-Correcting
-Progressive
-Tentative
-Parsimonious

Empirical - ANS-based on observation or experience

Objective - ANS-involves the evaluation and description of natural phenomenon

Self-Correcting - ANS-beliefs and opinions can be changed based upon new data
(maybe)

Progressive - ANS-increase in amount and quality of knowledge

Tentative - ANS-carefully constructed claims of knowledge

Parsimonious - ANS-uses the simplest explanation possible to explain natural
phenomenon

2 stages of science - ANS-1. Description of instances that lead to laws
2. Systematic arrangements

4 popular causes of behavior - ANS-- Cosmic
- Structural
-Inner
-Genetic

Thompson & Iwata (2007) - ANS-Comparing descriptive and functional analyses

Cosmic causes - ANS-Otherworldly causes for behavior.
example: full moon and the stars correlating to someone behaving in a certain way

Genetic causes - ANS-Someone behaves in a certain way due to their genetic makeup
example: Down syndrome