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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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equivalence relation
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A term with various usages, including functional equivalence (the relation between stimuli that have become members of a functional class) as well as the mathematical relations that define an ...
fixed consecutive number
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A two-operandum trial procedure in which trials are initiated by responses on one operandum and are terminated by a changeover to the other, and in which the changeover is reinforced if at least n ...
facial screening
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A timeout procedure; visual stimuli are contingently blocked by a face cover, such as a cloth, blindfold or hands for a given duration. See also Timeout.
imprenting
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A time-sampling procedure, often referred to simply as interval recording, that requires the response to be emitted throughout the entire interval for its presence to be scored. See also ...
extinction burst
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1) A sharp increase in the frequency of a behavior that is on extinction. Extinction bursts usually occur soon after a behavior is placed on extinction. 2) A rapid burst of responses that occurs when ...
echoic
Psychology; Behavior analysis
When there is point-to-point correspondence between the stimulus and response, verbal behavior may be classified as echoic. A further requirement is that the verbal stimulus and the echoic response ...
functional equivalence
Psychology; Behavior analysis
When changes in the contingencies controlled by one pair of stimuli are sufficient to change the subject's behavior with respect to other pairs (Sidman et al., 1989, p. 272).
