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Behavior analysis
Behavior analysis is an approach to psychology that concerns itself primarily with observing, analysing and attempting to understand and predict the way humans behave and interact.
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Behavior analysis
metamemory
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Differentiation and discrimination of one's own remembering (as when keeping track of a constantly changing list of items in running or working memory, or judging whether some material just studied ...
primacy
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Differential recall of an item depending on its position in a list, especially in free recall. An early item is more likely to be recalled than a later one (primacy), and a very recent item is more ...
metacognition
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Differentiation and discrimination of one's own cognitive processes (as in shifting attention among tasks, or distinguishing between seeing something and just imagining it).
serial-position effect
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Differential recall of an item depending on its position in a list, especially in free recall. An early item is more likely to be recalled than a later one (primacy), and a very recent item is more ...
ethical rule control
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Control by rules specifying added analogs to behavioral contingencies. Such rules specify social, religious, or supernatural outcomes.
planned ignoring
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Deliberate withholding of attention, verbal interaction, and physical contact for a short duration as a consequence of an infraction. A mild form of timeout in that the opportunity to obtain various ...
summation
Psychology; Behavior analysis
The accumulated effect of a repeated stimulus. A stimulus that does not elicit responding if presented only once may do so if presented repeatedly at a high enough rate.
