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Experimental Methods I
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Psychology
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12/12/2015
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Identifying meaningful responses and their controlling variables is the purpose of:
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Behavior Assessment
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Some aspects of behavior cannot be directly observed. These are called:
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Private Events
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The behavior selected for assessment should be:
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Socially significant, personally significant, and potentially changeable
Term
The measures that refer to specific aspects of behavior are called:
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Primary measures
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When behavior is measured without any alteration to the environment it is referred to as:
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Naturalistic
Term
A clear, concise, detailed description of what is to be recorded is called an __________ definition.
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Operational Definition
Term
A measurement of the agreement between two observers is known as:
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Reliability
Term
A ___________ design cannot be used if an intervention creates a permanent change in behavior.
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Reversal
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A research design that ends on a "B" phase may be preferable because it ends on:
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Treatment
Term
A design in which a number of different values of a treatment variable are presented is a _____________ design.
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Parametric
Term
In evaluating the affects of drugs it is usual to use a baseline that gives clients an inert substance to control for the administration of the drug. This is known as a _______ baseline.
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Placebo
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Evaluating the combined effects of treatments is known as a ____________ design.
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Interaction
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When the required amount of a behavior is progressively increased or decreased the design is known as:
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Changing criterion
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A deliberate alteration in the environment in order to provoke a specific behavior is called a ______________ observation.
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Contrived
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A _______________ design does not permit a full experimental analysis.
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A-B Design
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Name the design shown by the following:
A-B-BC-B-A-C-BC-C-A
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Interaction Design
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One problem when treatments are administered sequentially is that the treatments can be confounded by:
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Order
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What a client does is our definition of:
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Behavior
Term
If the data accurately represents the phenomenon being assessed, the measure is said to be:
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Valid
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If we evaluate a behavior based on the role it plays we are conducting a _____________ assessment.
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Functional
Term
The procedure used to eliminate order effects is called:
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Counterbalancing
Term
Naturalist observations have the advantage of possessing a great deal of:
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Generality
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If we divide time into blocks and measure behavior as either occurring or not occurring in a particular time period, we are using ___________ recording.
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Interval
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A changing criterion design is appropriate for behaviors that vary in:
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Amount
Term
In order to ensure that all observers are measuring the same thing in the same way, observers need to be:
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Trained
Term
Treatment variables are introduced in sequence across settings in a ____________________ design.
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Multiple Baseline
Term
If continuous measurement is not feasible a _________ technique can be used.
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Probe
Term
When it is not possible or desirable to return to baseline a __________ design may be preferable.
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Multiple Baseline
Term
When treatments are rapidly changed within an individual client, the design is called an ____________ design.
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Alternating Treatment
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The two types of replication procedures identified by Sidman are ______________ replication.
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Direct and Systematic
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Clinical replication is only carried out in ____________ settings.
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Applied
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Multiple Baseline designs may be carried out across _________.
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Subjects, Settings, and Behaviors
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The purpose of systematic replication is to establish:
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Generality
Term
if researchers are interested in comparing the effectiveness of treatments, they could use a(n) ___________ design.
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Alternating treatments
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Reliability is often demonstrated by ______________.
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Replication
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In order for a multiple baseline design to be appropriate the behaviors, subjects, or settings need to be _____________.
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Independent
Term
The primary purpose of direct replication is to establish _____________.
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Reliability
Term
In graphing data from an alternating treatment design, points re connected even though the treaments are not ________________.
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consecutive
Term
Interventions maybe introduced for different behaviors in the same client in sequence in a _____________ design.
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Multiple Baseline
Term
As long as conditions are applied sequentially, a multiple baseline design can be used with individuals or with ______________.
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Groups
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The best design to use to answer the question of "which treatment works better" is _______________ design.
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Alternating treatment
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A multiple baseline procedure which uses subjects as they become available is called a _________________ design.
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Nonconcurrent
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The advantage of a B-A-B design is that it begins and ends on a ___________________ phase.
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Treatment
Term
The idea that findings obtained in one setting should also be obtained in a variety of settings is known as ______________.
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Generalization
Term
The measures that refer to specific aspects of behavior are called ____________ measures.
 Definition
Primary
Term
A changing criterion design is appropriate for behaviors that vary in ______________.
 Definition
Amount
Term
Evaluating the combined effects of treatments is known as a ___________ design.
 Definition
Interaction
Term
If we evaluate a behavior based on the role it plays we are conducting a ______________ assessment.
 Definition
Functional
Term
When treatments are rapidly changed within an individual client, the design is called an ___________
 Definition
Alternating treatment
Term
The two types of replication procedures identified by Sidman are ________________.
 Definition
Direct and Systematic
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