Empiricism - the practice of relying on objective observation and measurement of behavior to understand and change it, Parsimony - seeking simpler explanations for phenomena before considering more complex interpretations, whereas ""simpler"" may mean more readily manipulated, involving less complexity, and/or employing fewer terms and assumptions., Pragmatism - one of the underlying philosophical assumptions of behavior analysis. It is the view that the value of a principle or method is established by the extent to which it leads to meaningful, practical outcomes., Radical behaviorism - a psychological approach that focuses on observable behaviors and their relationship to environmental events., Methological behaviorism - school of thought within behaviorism that focuses on studying observable behavior and excludes mental states from scientific analysis., Ontogenic - generally refers to the development of an individual over the course of their life, Phylogenetic - refers generally to responses an individual makes that are the direct result of their genetic endowment (e.g., reflexes, smooth muscle responses)., Selectionism - the theory of natural selection to account for how characteristics of species could evolve over the course of many generations: physical traits that proved adaptive in a given setting survived and were passed on., Determinism - an underlying assumption of science, is the notion that events in nature occur lawfully and (at least theoretically) predictably., Private events - include phenomena such as thoughts, sensations, or emotions, are individual experiences that often are said to take place "within the skin, and therefore to be inaccessible to others,

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