Experimentation
A philosophical assumption underlying the science of behavior analysis that a controlled comparison of the dependent variable under two or more conditions (independent variables) is required to assess if one… Read more
Experimenter bias
When practitioners implement specific components of a treatment in such a way that it gets an unfair advantage over other treatment components, or when practitioner’s expectations affect their implementation of
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Explanatory fiction
A mentalistic and mythical explanation for behavior that attributes unobservable processes to the occurrence of the behavior.
External validity
The extent to which the results of a study can be generalized to other settings, behaviors, or subjects.
Extinction burst
An immediate increase in the rate of responding when an extinction procedure is first implemented.
Extinction induced aggression
An expected and temporary increase in aggression that can result during an escape extinction procedure for a non-aggressive behavior, and is typically an indicator that the correct maintaining consequence was
Extinction induced variability
The occurrence of novel behavior that is sometimes produced during an extinction procedure and appears to be an attempt for the client to find new ways to contact reinforcement.
Extraneous variables
Any aspect of the environment that must be held constant to prevent unplanned environmental variations during experimentation, usually something the experimenter is aware of and for which they do their
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5th Edition Task List
D-2 Distinguish between internal and external validity.
6th Edition TCO
D.3 Identify threats to internal validity (e.g., history, maturation).
FA alone condition (aka: No interaction)
A test condition in a functional analysis that assesses for the automatic reinforcement function. In this condition, the client is placed alone in a room, or if there is an
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FA contingent attention condition
A test condition in a functional analysis that assesses for a socially mediated positive reinforcement function. In this condition the client is initially deprived of attention and attention is delivered
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