SPE 563 Notes, Quizzes and Answers Latest 2024/2025
Update
SPE 563:
Pre-Test (I AM UNSURE WHICH ANSWERS ARE CORRECT
VS INCORRECT)
1) Which of the following terms is defined as an assumption of
an “inner” dimension as the explanation of behavior?
a. Mentalism
b. Correct:
2) Which of the following terms is defined as an assumption
that the universe is a lawful and orderly place in which
phenomena occur in relation to other events, not in
accidental fashion?
a. Determinism
3) Which term is best described as ruling out simple and logical
explanations first, before considering more complex or
abstract explanations?
a. Parsimony
4) Which term is used to describe scientists’ use of sensory
(observable) information to come to conclusions, rather than
preconceived ideas or biases?
a. Empiricism
,5) This term refers to the view of the world that assumes only
the natural world, which presupposes an absolute truth.
a. Realism
6) The notion that a question is only worth pursuing if the
answer to it would change our knowledge of the world is
known as what?
a. Pragmatism
7) The process of controlling variables to determine the effect
of one variable on a phenomena is known as what?
a. Experimentation
8) Which of the following terms describes a behavior under
investigation?
a. Dependent Variable
9) Which of the following terms describes the intervention used
in an investigation to study its effects on a behavior?
a. Independent Variable
10) The term is defined as the method used to confirm
efficacy and display reliability of scientific study?
a. Replication
11) Which of the following terms refers to demonstrating
that the dependent variable would not change without
application of an independent variable?
a. Verification
,12) Which term describes being able to anticipate how a
behavior will occur in the future?
a. Prediction
13) This term refers to a philosophical position in which
behavioral events that cannot be observed are not
behaviors.
a. Behaviorism
14) Founded by Skinner, this natural science focuses on
studying operant behavior as a subject matter, using single
subject experimental designs rather than group designs, to
measure behavior as a dependent variable.
a. Applied Behavior Analysis
15) Which term refers to the philosophy of a science based
on observable and measurable phenomena?
a. Experimental Analysis of Behavior
16) This is the science in which the principles of behavior
are used to improve socially important behaviors and
experimental analysis is used to determine which variables
are responsible for improvement.
a. Experimental Analysis of Behavior
, 17) Which term is described as a fictitious variable, often
another name for an observable behavior, which implies an
inner cause for the behavior?
a. Explanatory Fiction
18) Which term represents Skinner’s “far-reaching” and
“thoroughgoing” form of behaviorism that includes both
public and private behaviors?
a. Radical Behaviorism
19) The assumption of two different types of existence. An
inner-world and an outer-world is known as:
a. Dualism.
20) The term that refers to how the environment changes a
person over their lifetime is known as what?
a. Onogenic Selectionism.
21) The term which refers to the natural evolution of a
species and characteristics that are passed down through
generations is known as what?
a. Phylogenic Selectionism
22) The passing of behavior from one person to another
through imitation and modeling is known as what?
a. Cultural Selectionism
Update
SPE 563:
Pre-Test (I AM UNSURE WHICH ANSWERS ARE CORRECT
VS INCORRECT)
1) Which of the following terms is defined as an assumption of
an “inner” dimension as the explanation of behavior?
a. Mentalism
b. Correct:
2) Which of the following terms is defined as an assumption
that the universe is a lawful and orderly place in which
phenomena occur in relation to other events, not in
accidental fashion?
a. Determinism
3) Which term is best described as ruling out simple and logical
explanations first, before considering more complex or
abstract explanations?
a. Parsimony
4) Which term is used to describe scientists’ use of sensory
(observable) information to come to conclusions, rather than
preconceived ideas or biases?
a. Empiricism
,5) This term refers to the view of the world that assumes only
the natural world, which presupposes an absolute truth.
a. Realism
6) The notion that a question is only worth pursuing if the
answer to it would change our knowledge of the world is
known as what?
a. Pragmatism
7) The process of controlling variables to determine the effect
of one variable on a phenomena is known as what?
a. Experimentation
8) Which of the following terms describes a behavior under
investigation?
a. Dependent Variable
9) Which of the following terms describes the intervention used
in an investigation to study its effects on a behavior?
a. Independent Variable
10) The term is defined as the method used to confirm
efficacy and display reliability of scientific study?
a. Replication
11) Which of the following terms refers to demonstrating
that the dependent variable would not change without
application of an independent variable?
a. Verification
,12) Which term describes being able to anticipate how a
behavior will occur in the future?
a. Prediction
13) This term refers to a philosophical position in which
behavioral events that cannot be observed are not
behaviors.
a. Behaviorism
14) Founded by Skinner, this natural science focuses on
studying operant behavior as a subject matter, using single
subject experimental designs rather than group designs, to
measure behavior as a dependent variable.
a. Applied Behavior Analysis
15) Which term refers to the philosophy of a science based
on observable and measurable phenomena?
a. Experimental Analysis of Behavior
16) This is the science in which the principles of behavior
are used to improve socially important behaviors and
experimental analysis is used to determine which variables
are responsible for improvement.
a. Experimental Analysis of Behavior
, 17) Which term is described as a fictitious variable, often
another name for an observable behavior, which implies an
inner cause for the behavior?
a. Explanatory Fiction
18) Which term represents Skinner’s “far-reaching” and
“thoroughgoing” form of behaviorism that includes both
public and private behaviors?
a. Radical Behaviorism
19) The assumption of two different types of existence. An
inner-world and an outer-world is known as:
a. Dualism.
20) The term that refers to how the environment changes a
person over their lifetime is known as what?
a. Onogenic Selectionism.
21) The term which refers to the natural evolution of a
species and characteristics that are passed down through
generations is known as what?
a. Phylogenic Selectionism
22) The passing of behavior from one person to another
through imitation and modeling is known as what?
a. Cultural Selectionism
