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Behavior analysis
Behavior analysis is an approach to psychology that concerns itself primarily with observing, analysing and attempting to understand and predict the way humans behave and interact.
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relative rate of reinforcement
Psychology; Behavior analysis
When two or more sources of reinforcement are available (as on a concurrent schedule), relative rate of reinforcement refers to reinforcement delivered on one alternative divided by the sum of all ...
transitivity
Psychology; Behavior analysis
When stimulus A = stimulus B and B = stimulus C, if an organism responds to stimulus A as equal to stimulus C, it is said to show transitivity. For example, if the written numbers one, two, ...
teleological explanation
Psychology; Behavior analysis
When behavior is accounted for in terms of future events, such an account is referred to as a teleological explanation.
processing
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Whatever goes on within an organism between the presentation of a stimulus and subsequent responding.
parametric manipulation
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Variation of one or more parameters of a variable in an experiment (e.g., the value of a fixed interval schedule of reinforcement).
variable-ratio responding
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Variable-ratio schedules produce a high rate of responding, with almost no postreinforcement pausing.
variable-ratio reinforcement
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Variable-ratio reinforcement is a schedule of intermittent reinforcement in which reinforcement follows after a variable number of performances. The schedule is specified by the average number of ...
