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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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peer-mediated strategy

Psychology; Behavior analysis

Method of training, supervising, and monitoring peers to serve as contingency managers, cotherapists, or tutors. Peers provide services directly.

replicative memory

Psychology; Behavior analysis

Memory interpreted as the production of a copy of what is remembered.

unobtrusive assessment

Psychology; Behavior analysis

Measuring performance when the clients or subjects are not aware of the ongoing observation.

obtrusive assessment

Psychology; Behavior analysis

Measuring performance when the clients or subjects are aware of the ongoing observation.

reliable measurement

Psychology; Behavior analysis

Measurement that remains consistent regardless of who does it and what conditions prevail when it is conducted. See also Reliability.

vaganotic measurement

Psychology; Behavior analysis

Measurement in which units are defined in a way such that their meaning can vary within or across applications.

win-shift

Psychology; Behavior analysis

lose-stay or win-stay lose-shift. See STRATEGY.