Behavior

Behavior, as defined in the chapter, is a person’s interaction with _________________________________. G_________________ of people do not behave, thus, the experimental strategy of ABA is based on s________ s__________, or _____________ subject methods of analysis.

Because behavior is dynamic in continuous, it requires c______________________r_____________________ measurement over time.

Behavior analysts assume that behavior is a natural phenomenon that is d_________________. That is behavior has a c____________________.

Behavior analyst consider variability to be the result of e__________________ i_______________________ such as:

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Instead of averaging the performance of many subjects to mask variability behavior analyst instead_________________________________________.

Applied behavior analysts seek treatment variables robust enough to _________________________________________.

List the seven components of applied behavior analysis experiments:

A research question specifies_________________________________________. Most questions are one of four types:

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In single-subject research the subject is employed as his or her own c__________________.

Measures of the subject’s behavior during each p____________ of the study provide the basis for comparing experimental variables as they are presented or withdrawn in subsequent conditions

What are three reasons for using multiple dependent measures and experiments?

In basic laboratory research, experimental space is designed and furnished to maximize____________________________.

Where do applied behavior analysts typically carry out research?

When unplanned events are variations occur in an experimental setting the researcher must either_______________________ or ____________________________________.

Observation and measurement procedures must be conducted in a ___________________________________ throughout the experiment.

Behavior analyst must recognize changes in the l__________, t___________ and v_____________________ as these changes develop in the data.

The independent variable is:

The particular aspect of the environment that the experimenter m_______________ to find out whether it affects the subject’s behavior

The researcher c________________ or m________________ this variable independent of the subject’s behavior or any other event.