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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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variable
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Any behavior or condition in the individual's internal or external environment that may assume any one of a set of values. See also Dependent variable; Independent variable.
molar and molecular analyses
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Analyses distinguished on the basis of the level of detail in the data they consider. Molar analyses generally consider overall measures such as average response rates over ...
secondary reinforcer
Psychology; Behavior analysis
An reinforcer that is dependent on their association with other reinforcers. Also called conditioned reinforcers. (Compare primary reinforcers.)
phenotype
Psychology; Behavior analysis
An organism's phenotype refers to anatomical and behavioral characteristics observed during the lifetime of the individual. For example, an individual's size, color, and shape are ...
pla-check
Psychology; Behavior analysis
An observational recording system in which, according to a preset schedule, the observer counts the number of individuals engaged in the assigned task at that moment. See also ...
neutral stimulus
Psychology; Behavior analysis
An object or, event that is neutral with respect to some property that it later may acquire. A neutral stimulus does not affect behavior reliably in a particular context until it ...
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