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Science |
a systematic approach for seeking and organizing knowledge about the natural world. |
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Applied Behavior Analysis |
The science in which tactics or methods derived from the principles of behavior are applied to improve socially significant behavior and experimentation is used to identify the variable responsible for the behavior change |
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Functional Relation |
a statement that describes how 2 variables (events) are related where a change in one event can reliably be produced by the specific manipulation of another event. |
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Determinism |
The assumption that the universe is a lawful and orderly place in which phenomenon occur in relation to other events and not willy-nilly or in accidental fashion |
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Empiricism |
The objective observation of the phenomenon of interest |
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Replication |
Repeating conditions iwthine an experiment to determin the relaibility of effects and increase internal validity |
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Parsimony |
the practice of ruling out simple, logical explanations before considering more abstract or complex explanations |
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Philosophic doubt |
An attitude that the truthfulness and validilty of all sceintific theory and knowledge should be continually questioned |
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Pragmatism |
The beleif that the truth of a theory is related to its practical success in its application |
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Selectionism |
The theory that all forms of life evovle as a result of selection with respect to function or consequences |
