Midterm Review EAB4798

A track coach records how long (in seconds) it takes a sprinter to run 100 meters. What is the unit of measurement?

Researchers and practitioners agree that the ideal observation and measurement procedures should be:

All of the following are functions of measurement, except which?

Interobserver agreement does not provide information about either ______ or ______:

What is a limitation on what duration describes about behavior?

_____may be described as a set of loose rules and traditions that have evolved over many years of experimental practice:

The only way to assess accuracy is:

When it is not clear that the data represent what they are supposed to represent, the issue of ______ arises:

Social scientific approaches to studying and explaining behavior tend to be based on:

Which of the following would be considered a behavior?

The property of temporal locus is reflected by the dimensional quantity of ______.

The essence of science lies in the behavior of ______:

The part of the phenomenon serving as a basis for experimental study is called ______.

Which is one of the ways to assess reliability?

The three-term contingency consists of:

The use of whole interval recording is most likely to cause the investigator to:

A behavior is more likely to occur in the presence of a(n) ______ than in its absence:

______ refers to the full set of physical circumstances in which the organism exists:

How is celeration related to frequency?

One of the most common constraints on the sensitivity of a behavior comes from ______.

A football scout measures how long it takes a player to run 40 yards. The scout is recording what dimension of behavior?

In general, the less often the target behavior occurs, the __ should be in order to provide a good sample of responding:

Which of the following must be considered when selecting a response class that meets the general needs of the experiment

Which of the following is an example of an absolute unit?

a simple and well established explanation before turning to a more complex and less understood explanation describes the

According to Johnston and Pennypacker’s definition of behavior, why is “waiting for someone” not a behavior?

In the study of behavior, measures of frequency generally take the form of a ratio of ______.

One of the drawbacks to using partial interval or whole interval recording is that it does not provide the:

The overarching goal of behavioral measurement is:

The most common inner causes are what Skinner calls:

The ______ of a definition is often a better criterion for evaluating it than its ______:

______ is a change in the accuracy of an observer’s performance, often gradual and for unknown reasons:

Perhaps the most important role for any behavior that will serve as the dependent variable is ______.

What are the three general types of response classes?

In what way can a ratio be limiting?

Extra-experimental contingencies like _, _, & _ can lead to questions that serve personal interests more than the needs

All of the following should be considered when implementing assessment procedures, except:

What is the first step in defining a response class?

__ is the centerpiece of experimental procedures & the experimental questions important role is guiding its selection