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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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token
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A token is used as a conditioned reinforcer. It is usually a metal or plastic disc which an organism (usually one with an opposing thumb and forefinger such as a man or ...
partial-interval time-sampling
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A time-sampling procedure whereby a response is recorded if it occurs at any time(s)-even momentarily-during the interval, and not necessarily throughout the interval, as in whole ...
reactive measurement
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A threat to internal validity in an experiment. When a dependent variable changes just because it is measured, the effect is called reactive measurement. For example, a person may ...
trial-and-error learning
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A term coined by Thorndike (1898, 1911) that he used to describe results from his puzzle box and maze learning experiments. Animals were said to make fewer and fewer errors over ...
match-to-sample method
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A task in which a student selects from two or more alternatives the stimulus that matches or corresponds to a standard or sample.
needs assessment
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A systematic method for identifying goals to target for programmatic change' Needs assessment may include observations, tests interviews, questionnaires, and other sources of ...
yoked boxes
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A system of controlling frequency of reinforcement as one variable in experiments on ratio schedules. Reinforcements are "set up" in one box whenever they are set up in another on ...
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- Behavior analysis (11155)
- Emotions (46)
- Feelings and states (263)
- General psychology (27052)
- Psychological disorders (166)
- Social psychology (356)