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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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Behavior analysis
activity reinforcer
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Contingent access to activities (watching TV, skating, playing, and so on) that increase or maintain the occurrence of the target behavior.
abstraction
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Discrimination based on a single property of stimuli, independent of other properties; thus, generalization among all stimuli with that property (e.g., all red stimuli as Opposed to specific red ...
active behavior
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Behavior which changes. Running, talking, and writing are active because we can see them progress and change. Even "thinking" is active because the thinker can "observe" his or her thoughts changing. ...
avoidance behavior
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A case of negative reinforcement in which the behavior increases in rate when it postpones or avoids completely an aversive stimulus. (Avoidance does not remove that aversive stimulus, because it has ...
abnormal
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Behavior that is not typically observed, or is out of the ordinary or unusual. This term is relativistic in nature and refers to groups of individuals, and may pertain to specific subpopulations such ...
behavioral medicine
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Behavior change programs that target health-related activities such as following special diets, self-examination for early symptoms of disease, exercising, taking medicine, and so on. In many ...
behavioral technicians
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Auxiliary workers, such as observers and data recorders, whose services may be required to conduct some of the technical aspects of a behavior analysis program.
