ABA focuses on ___ defined behaviors of ___.
objectively; social significance
___ is the practice of objective observation of the phenomena of interest. It is objective and does not depend on the ___ belief of the observer.
Empiricism; subjective
A ___ interpretation assist scientists for their findings within the field's existing knowledge base should consist of those elements necessary to explain the phenomenon in question.
parsimonious
A ___ has ___ if it appears in environments other than the one in which the behavior was taught and lasts over time.
behavior change; generality
___ is selection by consequences and operates during the lifetime of the individual organism and is a conceptual parallel to ___, which is the natural selection in the evolutionary history of a species.
Ontogeny; phylogeny
___ refers to the physical shape or form of the behavior.
Topography
A ___ is a ___ of behavior.
response; specific instance
A group of responses that serve the same function is referred to as being a part of the same ___.
Response class
The response component of the stimulus-response is termed ___ behavior.
respondent
The term ___ refers to environmental condition or stimulus change that exist prior to the behavior of interest.
antecedent
___ is the procedure where the CS is repeatedly presented without the US until the CS no longer elicits the conditioned response.
Respondent extinction
___ behavior is selected, shaped, and maintained by the consequences that have followed it in the past. It is determined by its history if consequences.
Operant
A ___ is a group of stimuli that share certain characteristics (physical features, time occurrence, functionality).
stimulus class
___ or ___ conditioning occurs when a NS is paired with an already-established CS and the NS becomes a CS.
Higher order; secondary
The momentary effectiveness of an unconditioned reinforcer is a function of current ___.
motivating operations