1BQuestion 1
2 / 2 pts
Which of the following is not a defining characteristic of behavior analysis?
Correct!
All of these are characteristics
It is a natural science, not a social science
The term “Behavior Analys
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1BQuestion 1
2 / 2 pts
Which of the following is not a defining characteristic of behavior analysis?
Correct!
All of these are characteristics
It is a natural science, not a social science
The term “Behavior Analysis” also includes practical technological applications of the science
It studies functional relations between behavior and environmental events
Question 2
2 / 2 pts
The two major areas of focus that constitute the subject matter of behavior analysis are:
Correct!
The study of functional relations between behavior and the environment, and the technological
applications of that study
Behavior analysis does not study the brain, or the mind. Stimuli and responses are important, but the
functional relations between the two, and related technological applications are the purview of behavior
analysis.
Question 3
0 / 2 pts
Which of the following is not a good definition of behavior?
Behavior is any movement of any object, individual, or group which may be observed or measured in
some way.
Behavior is biological, so cannot be the movement of an inanimate object; a group is not an organism,
although it may be a collection of living organisms.
Question 4
2 / 2 pts
Which critical attribute of behavior is demonstrated by the fact that behavior can be counted, timed, or
quantified by some other dimensional quantity (e.g., time between responses)?
Correct!
Measureable
Count of number of times something occurs, how long it lasts, the time between successive responses…
these are all types of measurement
Question 5
2 / 2 pts
Which of the following is a test to determine if a phenomenon is a behavior?
Correct!
Both the “dead man’s test” and the “what am I doing test”
Each
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