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RYAN BANYAN

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Discuss the importance of steady or stable state responding as it relates to single-subject designs.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Discuss two methodological implications of the following assumption: behavioral variability is the result of an environmental influence.
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

Steady state strategy requires repeatedly exposing a participant to a given condition while trying to eliminate or control extraneous influence on the behavior and obtaining a stable pattern of responding before introducing the new condition.

Answer to Question 2

Find the sources of variability and attempt to control those variables to better understand behavior. Identify new experimental questions about the nature of behavior.



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