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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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programmed instruction
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1)The selection and arrangement of educational content based on principles of human learning (Taber et al., 1965). The student progresses in steps from one level of difficulty to ...
preference
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1) When several schedules of reinforcement are available concurrently, one alternative may be chosen more frequently than others. When this occurs, it is called preference for an ...
verbal behavior
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1) Verbal behavior refers to the vocal, written, and gestural performances of a speaker, writer, or communicator. This behavior operates on the listener, reader, or observer, who ...
record
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1) Used in speaking of the present figures to identify a portion representing either a whole session or part of a session, as distinct from curve, excursion, etc. 2) Some portion ...
systematic replication
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1) To repeat or duplicate experimental findings despite varying a number of conditions, such as task, setting or other parameters of the basic procedures. 2) A way to increase the ...
response-response interval
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1) Time elapsing between two successive responses. Inter-response time. 2) On an avoidance schedule, the time from a response that postpones shock to the onset of the aversive ...
time out
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1) Time (in minutes unless otherwise specified) during which the organism characteristically does not engage in the behavior being studied. With pigeons a convenient TO is ...
Sub-categories
- Behavior analysis (11155)
- Emotions (46)
- Feelings and states (263)
- General psychology (27052)
- Psychological disorders (166)
- Social psychology (356)