Behavior analysis

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

1) The systematic modification or maintenance of behavior by manipulating relevant conditions. The manipulation of conditions distinguishes control from prediction and interpretations. If control is ...

contrived reinforcer

Psychology; Behavior analysis

1) An artificial reinforcer. 2) Reinforcers that have been arranged by someone for the purpose of modifying behavior.

contrast phenomenon

Psychology; Behavior analysis

1) The condition that exists when there is a functional relation between a performance and a particular event or independent variable. For example, if a child usually or consistently asks for ice ...

continuous repertoire

Psychology; Behavior analysis

or continuous repertory- behavior that tracks continuous changes in some property of the environment, as when a driver steers a car so as to keep it in its lane.

continuous reinforcement

Psychology; Behavior analysis

1) The reinforcement of every response. For example, dispensing machines are set up on a schedule of continuous reinforcement; each response (of inserting the correct change and selecting an item) is ...

continuous recording for specified periods

Psychology; Behavior analysis

A tactic used in applied behavior analysis for assessing the rate of target behavior. Each instance of behavior is counted during certain periods of the day (e.g., lunch, recess, first class in the ...