EDF 6226 Exam 1 (Modules 1-3): Questions
With Comprehensive Solutions
The ratio of the x axis to the y axis should be...?
Ans: 2:3
Quiz What is correlation?
Ans: A relationship between two variables that can be used to predict the relative probability
that one event will occur, based on the presence of the other event
Quiz What are the three levels of scientific understanding?
Ans: Description, prediction, control
Quiz Dr. Pennypacker made an important distinction that we do not control behavior, what we
do control is the .....
, Ans: Environment
Quiz True or False: Behavior analysts believe that behavior is intrinsic to the organism
Ans: False - we believe behavior is extrinsic to the organism
Quiz What is prediction in behavior analysis?
Ans: The anticipated outcome of presently known or future measurement. It is the most
elegant use of quantification upon which validation of all scientific and technological activity
rests - Pennypacker
Quiz What is experimental control?
Ans: A predictable change in behavior can be reliably produced by the systematic manipulation
of some aspect of the persons environment
Quiz What two things make up experimental control?
Ans: Internal validity + external validity
Quiz What variable is dependent in behavior analysis?
Ans: Behavior
With Comprehensive Solutions
The ratio of the x axis to the y axis should be...?
Ans: 2:3
Quiz What is correlation?
Ans: A relationship between two variables that can be used to predict the relative probability
that one event will occur, based on the presence of the other event
Quiz What are the three levels of scientific understanding?
Ans: Description, prediction, control
Quiz Dr. Pennypacker made an important distinction that we do not control behavior, what we
do control is the .....
, Ans: Environment
Quiz True or False: Behavior analysts believe that behavior is intrinsic to the organism
Ans: False - we believe behavior is extrinsic to the organism
Quiz What is prediction in behavior analysis?
Ans: The anticipated outcome of presently known or future measurement. It is the most
elegant use of quantification upon which validation of all scientific and technological activity
rests - Pennypacker
Quiz What is experimental control?
Ans: A predictable change in behavior can be reliably produced by the systematic manipulation
of some aspect of the persons environment
Quiz What two things make up experimental control?
Ans: Internal validity + external validity
Quiz What variable is dependent in behavior analysis?
Ans: Behavior
