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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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applied research
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Research directed toward an analysis of the variables that can be effective in improving the behavior under study (Baer et al., 1968). In applied behavior analysis, research involves examining ...
behavioral rehearsal
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Reinforced practice of a complex skill under simulated conditions. Role playing is one form of behavioral rehearsal.
behavioral laws
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Principles of behavior that have been demonstrated to possess very broad generality. Immediacy and schedule of reinforcement are examples.
behavioral objective
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Precise specification of a goal behavior, including three essential elements. (1) Behavior; (2) the givens, situations, context, or conditions under which the behavior is to occur; and (3) the ...
accountability
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Objective demonstration and communication of the effectiveness of a given Program. functional relations, behavioral outcomes, cost benefit, consumer satisfaction, and so on.
aversive condition
Psychology; Behavior analysis
negative reinforcer. Any stimulus, event. or condition whose termination immediately following a response and increases the frequency of that response.
