Behavior analysis

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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burst

Psychology; Behavior analysis

A series of responses emitted at a high rate and bounded by lower-rate responding, especially after a stimulus.

adjusting schedule

Psychology; Behavior analysis

A form of schedule in which a value (e.g., of interval or ratio) is changed in some systematic way from reinforcement to reinforcement as a function of the performance (e.g., a fixed ratio is ...

artificial reinforcer

Psychology; Behavior analysis

A reinforcer not usually present in the natural setting or not a natural consequence of the behavior. For example, trinket rewards serve as artificial reinforcers in many school programs.

automatic reinforcer

Psychology; Behavior analysis

A reinforcer related to a response in such a way that it is ordinarily produced automatically by the response (e.g., as in the relation between certain sexual activities and orgasm).

blind

Psychology; Behavior analysis

A reference to being unaware of the goals of the experiment or the nature of experimental conditions. May apply to the experimenter, observers, or subjects. If both experimenter and subjects are ...

addictive reinforcer

Psychology; Behavior analysis

A reinforcer for which repeated exposure is an establishing operation.

A process in which a response which frequently precedes a reinforced response shares in the effect of the reinforcement in such a way that the whole sequence becomes a stable part of the organism's ...