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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artificial discriminative stimulus

Psychology; Behavior analysis

A prompt or discriminative stimulus that is not usually present in the environment. Because an artificial stimulus is intrusive, it should be faded or gradually eliminated before the learner has been ...

attitude

Psychology; Behavior analysis

A predisposition to behave in a certain way . A positive attitude toward science is a predisposition to behave in certain ways regarding science, including saying certain kinds of things, spending ...

advocate

Psychology; Behavior analysis

A person or group serving to protect a client's interests, not one who is employed as an agent of other individuals, an organization, or institution. Advocates, who may be community representatives ...

aversion therapy

Psychology; Behavior analysis

A form of sensitization training in which a stimulus that arouses an inappropriate positive response is paired with an aversive stimulus. Used especially in the treatment of drug abuse and criminal ...

between groups design

Psychology; Behavior analysis

A method of arranging comparisons between experimental and control conditions, in which different groups of subjects are exposed to each condition and data representing the combined performance of ...

behaviorally anchored rating scale

Psychology; Behavior analysis

A method of assessing performance by assigning a numerical value to one's judgments. Each number on the scale represents a specific set of observable behaviors, such as steps, tasks, or skills ...

active responding

Psychology; Behavior analysis

A particular feature of instruction which requires students to behave rather than to sit and listen. Lessons in which each student talks, writes, solves problems, or otherwise responds at a high rate ...