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The science that deals with the mental and behaviourial characteristics of an individual, community or society.
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matching to sample
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1) A procedure that is used to investigate recognition of stimuli. For example, in a simple recognition procedure, a pigeon may be presented with three keys. A triangle is ...
timeout
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1) A period of nonreinforcement arranged either by extinction during a stimulus orby removal of an opportunity to respond (e.g., with pigeons, which only rarely peck keys in ...
model
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1) A person whole behavior is imitated by others or a product with characteristics that others try to reproduce. 2) A person whose behavior is imitated.
pause
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1) A period of no responding, contrasted with neighboring fairly high rates, as after reinforcement at high ratios. 2) A period of no responding, not necessarily bounded by ...
multiple baseline design
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1) A multiple baseline research design across behaviors is used when a reinforcement procedure is applied progressively to several operants. In this case the subject, setting, and ...
token economy
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1) A form of contingency contract, usually involving a group of people, in which the reinforcers are tokens that may be exchanged for other (backup) reinforcers in the future. 2) ...
simultaneous discrimination
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1) A discrimination in which two or more discriminative stimuli are presented at the same time rather than successively (e.g., see JUMPING STAND) and which therefore involves two ...
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- Behavior analysis (11155)
- Emotions (46)
- Feelings and states (263)
- General psychology (27052)
- Psychological disorders (166)
- Social psychology (356)