A science of behavior contributes to a useful technology of behavior change to the extent that it discovers functional relations with __________ across individuals
a. Prediction
b. Control
c. Variability
d. Generality
Ques. 2You should always connect data points on a line graph, even if there is a condition change line.
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Ques. 3Ms. James teaches a self-contained classroom for children who have severe learning and behavior problems. She schedules each minute of her students' time with various learning experiences. Mr. Williams teaches in the same type of classroom with students who are a year or two older than Ms. James' students. However, he allows students several 30 minute minimally supervised breaks during their time in his classroom. Which classroom do you think has a higher chance of acting out behavior?
a. Ms. James
b. Mr. Williams
c. both classrooms
d. none of the above
Ques. 4Measurement is ___________ when it yields the same values across repeated measurement of the same event.
a. Indirect
b. Direct
c. Reliable
d. Valid
Ques. 5What is artifactual variability?
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Ques. 6Define the two definitional measures of behavior.
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Ques. 7Describe one example of when a trials-to-criterion method could be used to evaluate outcome.
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Ques. 8What are two benefits of measurement for practitioners?
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Ques. 9The amount of time that elapses between two consecutive instances of a response class is called response latency.
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Ques. 10A feature of data that appears to exist because of the way the data is measured or examined is called an artifact.
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Ques. 11Measurement is the process of applying qualitative labels to events.
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