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The science that deals with the mental and behaviourial characteristics of an individual, community or society.
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behaviorism
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1) The philosophy of the science of human behavior. It is the position that we can study behavior scientifically and that we do so by finding the variables of which it is a ...
behavioral contract
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1) The negotiated goals and procedures of a behavior analysis program, mutually agreed on by the client or advocate and other involved persons, and modifiable by joint agreement. ...
behavior modification
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1) Interventions that are designed to change behavior in a precisely measurable manner. Often used interchangeably with the terms applied behavior analysis and behavior therapy. ...
backward conditioning
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1) In the respondent procedure backward conditioning, the US comes on before the CS. The general consensus has been that backward conditioning is unreliable, and many researchers ...
behavioral contrast
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1) Contrast refers to a negative association between the response rates on the two components of a multiple schedule-as one goes up the other goes down. There are two forms of ...
behavior
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1) Everything that an organism does, including covert actions like thinking. 2) Anything a person does that can be observed. 3) Anything an organism does. Although the ...
behavior analysis
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1) Behavior analysis is a comprehensive experimental approach to the study of the behavior of organisms. Primary objectives are the discovery of principles and laws that govern ...
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