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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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maturation

Psychology; Behavior analysis

One source of invalidity in experiments is called maturation, which refers to biological or psychological processes that change over time. If these maturational changes occur at ...

two-key procedure

Psychology; Behavior analysis

On a concurrent schedule of reinforcement, the alternative schedules are presented on separate response keys.

peak procedure

Psychology; Behavior analysis

Omitting some proportion of the reinforcers arranged by an Fl schedule and thereby allowing responding to continue for some time after the usual end of the interval. Response rate ...

noxious stimulus

Psychology; Behavior analysis

Often used as a synonym for aversive stimulus, but more strictly defined as a stimulus that affects pain receptors or produces tissue damage. In this strict sense, the term is ...

rate or frequency

Psychology; Behavior analysis

Number of behavior instances over time.

molecular

Psychology; Behavior analysis

Molecular accounts of behavior focus on small moment-to-moment relationships between behavior and its consequences. For example, the time between any two responses (IRT).

molar

Psychology; Behavior analysis

Molar accounts of behavior are concerned with large-scale factors that regulate responding over a long period of time. For example, the average time between reinforcers for an ...