Week 1 flashcards.docx The science in which tactics derived from the principles of beha

week 1 flashcards.docx    The science in which tactics derived from the principles of behavior are applied to improve socially significant behavior, and experimentation is used to identify the variables responsible for the improvement of behavior.  a.   mentalism  Feedback: Incorrect. This refers to internal states and their effect on behavior. b.  methodological behaviorism  Feedback: Incorrect. Adherents of methodological behaviorism believe that unobservable behaviors cannot be part of scientific exploration. This is a philosophy, not an application.  c.   radical behaviorism  Feedback: Incorrect. This is a philosophy of behaviorism that attempts to understand all human behavior — including private  events such as thoughts and feelings — in terms  of controlling variables in the history of the person and species.  d.  applied behavior analysis  Feedback: Correct. Your answer is d.  The correct  answer is d.  You took 1 attempt to answer this question correctly. You have  scored 10 points out of a possible 10.  The activity of living organisms, or what a person does and  says.  a.   behavior  Feedback: Correct. b.  reinforcement  Feedback: Incorrect. The behavior is part of the reinforcement contingency. But reinforcement is characterized by a stimulus change that follows a behavior and therefore increases the future likelihood of the behavior.  c.   stimulus  Feedback: Incorrect. This is any change in the environment that affects the organism (such  as things the organism sees, hears, feels,