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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

mediation

Psychology; Behavior analysis

The contribution of intervening behavior to the relation between other events (as when coding mediates between the presentation of an item and its recall). For operant examples, see MEDIATING ...

movement cycle

Psychology; Behavior analysis

The complete sequence of the components of a response from the beginning to the end.

verbal community

Psychology; Behavior analysis

The contingencies that regulate verbal behavior arise from the practices of people in the verbal community. The verbal community refers to the customary ways that people reinforce the behavior of a ...

reliability measurements

Psychology; Behavior analysis

The comparison of measurements of dependent variables and independent variables obtained by independent observers.

scalloping

Psychology; Behavior analysis

The characteristic pattern of response, seen on a cumulative record, that is produced by a fixed-interval schedule. There is a pause after reinforcement, then a few probe responses, and finally an ...

weight

Psychology; Behavior analysis

The body-weight of the animal usually measured at the beginning of the daily experiment.

repertoire or repertory

Psychology; Behavior analysis

The behavior an organism can emit, in the sense that the behavior exists at a nonzero level, has been shaped, or, if extinguished, may be rapidly reinstated. The organism need not be engaging in the ...

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