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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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physical punishment
Psychology; Behavior analysis
The procedure of reducing the frequency of a target behavior by making brief and noninjurious contact with the skin contingent on the target behavior.
prompting
Psychology; Behavior analysis
The procedure of providing antecedents that evoke a target behavior.
probability of response
Psychology; Behavior analysis
The probability that a response will be emitted within a specified interval, inferred from its observed frequency under comparable conditions.
probability of a performance
Psychology; Behavior analysis
The probability that a performance will be emitted within a specified interval is inferred by observing its frequency of occurrence under comparable conditions. Probability of a ...
partial reinforcement effect
Psychology; Behavior analysis
The principle that resistance to extinction is greater following intermittent reinforcement than it is following continuous reinforcement.
stimulus change
Psychology; Behavior analysis
The presentation or removal of functional discriminative stimuli.
variable-time stimulus presentation
Psychology; Behavior analysis
The presentation of a stimulus with variable periods of time between presentations, independent of the occurrence of a response.
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- Behavior analysis (11155)
- Emotions (46)
- Feelings and states (263)
- General psychology (27052)
- Psychological disorders (166)
- Social psychology (356)