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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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task analysis
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1) An analysis of complex behavior and sequences of behavior into component responses. 2) Breaking down a complex skill, job or behavioral chain into its component behaviors, ...
multiple-baseline design
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1) An an experimental design in which a treatment is introduced at different times (according to a staggered schedules) to determine its effect on two or more behaviors in one ...
learning history
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1) All the environmental events (antecedents and consequences) that have affected a person's behavior up to the present. 2) The sum of an individual's behaviors that have been ...
unconditioned stimulus
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1) All organisms are born with a set of reflexes (US - UR). These relationships are invariant and biologically based. The eliciting event is called the unconditioned stimulus ...
unconditioned response
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1) All organisms are born with a set of reflexes (US - UR). These relationships are invariant and biologically based. The behavior elicited by the US is called the unconditioned ...
warm up
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1) Acceleration at the start of a session leading to the level of performance characteristic of the bulk of the session. 2) A low or zero response rate at the start of a session ...
target behavior
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1) A written rule statement describing the desired or undesired behavior, the occasion when the behavior should or should not occur, and the added outcome for that behavior. 2) ...
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