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The science that deals with the mental and behaviourial characteristics of an individual, community or society.
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stimulus-contingent
Psychology; Behavior analysis
The presentation of a reinforcing stimulus contingent on behavior is called positive reinforcement, and it has the effect of increasing operant behavior.
duration recording
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1) Recording the time that elapses from the onset to the offset of a response (e.g., the length of time a person spends talking on the phone). 2) When behavior is continuous, ...
duration of response
Psychology; Behavior analysis
The time from the beginning to the end of a response (sometimes called holding time). Analyses of this property of responding depend heavily on procedural details. For example, if ...
duration
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1) A dimensional quantity that refers to the elapsed time between the beginning and ending of a an event, such as a single response. Total or aggregate duration refers to the sum ...
dual-functioning chained stimuli
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A stimulus in a stimulus-response chain reinforces the response that precedes it. That stimulus also acts as an SD for the response that follows it.
distribution
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A classification of events according to location along a continuum. For example, an IRT distribution classifies IRTs into several temporal categories (e.g., less than 1 second, I ...
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