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The science that deals with the mental and behaviourial characteristics of an individual, community or society.
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successive discrimination
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1) A discrimination in which two or more discriminative stimuli are presented one at a time rather than simultaneously and which therefore usually involves only a single response ...
overcorrection
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1) A contingency on inappropriate behavior requiring the person to engage in an effortful response that more than corrects the effects of the inappropriate behavior. 2) The ...
momentary time sampling
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1) A discontinuous observation procedure in which the observational period is divided into intervals but the observer only notes the status of the target behavior during a ...
token reinforcer
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1) A conditioned reinforcer (e.g., a coin) that the organism may accumulate and later exchange for other reinforcers. 2) A symbol or object (i.e., check marks, poker chips) that ...
probe
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1) A condition or stimulus introduced into a performance to clarify the variables controlling it (e.g., the interruption of FR responding by an occasional brief stimulus ...
mixed schedule
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1) A compound schedule in which two or more component schedules opera te in alternation, all during the same stimulus. Occasionally, a VI or VR schedule with a limited number of ...
sequence analysis
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A description of an individual's behaviors and the events observed to precede and follow those behaviors. Used to provide clues about the possible functional properties of various ...
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- Behavior analysis (11155)
- Emotions (46)
- Feelings and states (263)
- General psychology (27052)
- Psychological disorders (166)
- Social psychology (356)