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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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activity reinforcer

Psychology; Behavior analysis

Contingent access to activities (watching TV, skating, playing, and so on) that increase or maintain the occurrence of the target behavior.

abstraction

Psychology; Behavior analysis

Discrimination based on a single property of stimuli, independent of other properties; thus, generalization among all stimuli with that property (e.g., all red stimuli as Opposed ...

active behavior

Psychology; Behavior analysis

Behavior which changes. Running, talking, and writing are active because we can see them progress and change. Even "thinking" is active because the thinker can "observe" his or ...

avoidance behavior

Psychology; Behavior analysis

A case of negative reinforcement in which the behavior increases in rate when it postpones or avoids completely an aversive stimulus. (Avoidance does not remove that aversive ...

abnormal

Psychology; Behavior analysis

Behavior that is not typically observed, or is out of the ordinary or unusual. This term is relativistic in nature and refers to groups of individuals, and may pertain to specific ...

behavioral medicine

Psychology; Behavior analysis

Behavior change programs that target health-related activities such as following special diets, self-examination for early symptoms of disease, exercising, taking medicine, and so ...

behavioral technicians

Psychology; Behavior analysis

Auxiliary workers, such as observers and data recorders, whose services may be required to conduct some of the technical aspects of a behavior analysis program.