EXP3412 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Sound
7 Sep 2016
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2 : the study of learning and behavior. Key to review questions: define the following terms in your own words. Give an example or illustration of each that is not provided in the text. Aba reversal design: a type of within-subject experiment in which behavior is observed before (a) and after (b) an experimental manipulation. The original (a) condition is restored, sometimes followed again by the experimental (b) condition. Instructors may want to ask students when it might be appropriate to restore the experimental condition. It may not occur to them that in therapeutic situations it is often very important to do so. Anecdotal evidence: first- or secondhand reports of personal experience. Aversives: any stimuli an animal or person will avoid, given the opportunity to do so. Baseline period: in a within-subject experiment, a period of observation (often designated a ) during which no attempt is made to modify the behavior under study.
