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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
coded interval-recording sheet
Psychology; Behavior analysis
An observation form with letter codes for each behavior of concern designated on it, permitting simultaneous recording of several responses of one or more subjects. The presence or absence of each ...
closed economy
Psychology; Behavior analysis
in operant contexts, the availability of appetitive stimuli only within the session, as reinforcers, with none provided independently of behavior on a supplementary basis out side of the session.
clustering
Psychology; Behavior analysis
In free recall, the reorganization of items by the learner so that related ones are recalled together rather than in the order in which they appeared on the list.
clock
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A stimulus some dimension of which varies systematically with time, usually measured from the preceding reinforcement but possibly from some other point. (E.g., FI + clock means reinforcement on Fl ...
clinical significance
Psychology; Behavior analysis
The change is considered clinically significant if the pre-stated objective is obtained, and/or when the behavior change has spurred correlated (ecological) changes for the participants, and their ...
client
Psychology; Behavior analysis
The person who hires the services of the behavior analyst, such as an agency or organization, or the person whose behavior is targeted for change. Often, the subject of the behavior analysis program. ...
classical conditioning
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Differential conditioning, a type of respondent conditioning in which one stimulus is followed by the US but a second is not (e.g.,. food in the mouth follows bell but not tone). Discrimination has ...
