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Psychology

The science that deals with the mental and behaviourial characteristics of an individual, community or society.

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topographical drift

Psychology; Behavior analysis

Gradual changes over time in the topography of responses maintained by a superstition procedure.

maximizing

Psychology; Behavior analysis

Given two or more responses, en-dtting the one with the higher probability of reinforcement. If reinforcement probabilities change from moment to moment and responding follows the ...

theory of generalized imitation

Psychology; Behavior analysis

Generalized imitative responses occur because they automatically produce imitative reinforcers.

reinforcement density

Psychology; Behavior analysis

Frequency or rate at which responses are reinforced or, the quantity of reinforcers delivered per presentation. The lower the ratio or shorter the interval required by a given ...

positive scanning

Psychology; Behavior analysis

Focusing one's attention on desirable rather than unwanted behavior, often by recording it. The positive scanners tend to "notice" and hence reinforce positive behaviors more and ...

new-response method for conditioned reinforcement

Psychology; Behavior analysis

First, a nonreinforcing stimulus is associated with a reinforcing event, and following this the stimulus is shown to increase the frequency of some operant behavior.