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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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consummatory response
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Behavior occasioned by a reinforcer. The term originated with reinforcers that were actually consumed (e.g., food and water) but has been extended to other reinforcers, perhaps to a point of limited ...
constructive memory
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Memory interpreted as a way of reconstructing rather than retrieving a copy of what is remembered. Remembering interpreted in this way is more like following a recipe than like reading a blueprint.
constructional approach
Psychology; Behavior analysis
An approach to changing behavior that places an emphasis on building behaviors rather than reducing or eliminating them. It involves (1) observing or interviewing to determine the goal; (2) ...
construct validity
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A method of assessing validity by examining how well the test measures the underlying construct.
consolidation of memory
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A theoretical process based on the assumption that something remembered is relatively impermanent immediately after learning, and takes some time to become fixed or consolidated.
consequent techniques
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A behavior analytic system designed to examine or change behavior in a precisely measurable and accountable manner; restricted to those interventions that include an experimental design to assess ...
consequence
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1) An event produced by some other event, especially, in operant contexts, an event produced by a response. It might include stimulus presentation or removal, a change in contingencies, or any other ...
