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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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dictation-taking
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A formal verbal class in which a vocal verbal stimulus occasions a corresponding written response. The correspondence is defined by the one-to-one relation of verbal units (e.g., ...
diagram of schedules of reinforcement
Psychology; Behavior analysis
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deviation
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A change in rate against an established baseline, often followed by compensatory changes in rate.
desensitization training
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Any form of counterconditioning that reduces an inappropriate negative response to an event. (Compare sensitization training.)
deprivation operation
Psychology; Behavior analysis
The procedure of restricting access to a reinforcing event. The effectiveness of a reinforcer is increased by withholding it.
deprivation
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1) As operation--withholding food, water, sexual contact, etc. Any given program establishes a "level" of deprivation. 2) As process--resulting changes in behavior, usually ...
dependent variable
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1) A variable that is measured while another variable (the independent variable) is changed in a systematic way. When systematic changes in the independent variable are ...
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