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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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cumulative record
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1) A real-time graphical representation of the rate of operant behavior. Each response produces a constant upward increment on the y-axis, and time is indexed on the x-axis. The faster the rate of ...
cumulative graph
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A graph in which cumulative responses are represented on the vertical axis.
cumulative frequency graph
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A graph in which each data point indicates the total number of times the behavior has occurred up to that point.
cumulative curve
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A curve showing the number of responses emitted plotted against time. Such a curve is conveniently recorded while the behavior is in progress. Rate of responding can be read from it as the slope at ...
cumalitive recorder
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A fixed-interval schedule often produces a scallop-a gradual increase in the rate of responding, with responding occurring at a high rate just before reinforcement is available. No responding occurs ...
cultural practice
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A cultural practice is defined in terms of interlocking social contingencies-where the behavior of each person supports the behavior of other members of the community. The pattern of behavior that ...
cultural evolution
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Cultural evolution begins at the level of the individual, when the behavior of a person is reinforced by its technological effects. An inventor may discover a new way of making a wheel; a farmer ...
