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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
fixed-time schedule of reinforcement
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A reinforcer is delivered after the passage of a fixed period of time, independently of the response.
gradient
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A related set of values on a dimension of a stimulus, along which stimulus induction has occurred.
intrinsic reinforcer
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A reinforcer that is naturally related to the responses that produce it (as when a musician plays not for money but because the playing produces music).
fixed ratio schedule
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A reinforcement schedule in which a reinforcer is provided after the target behavior has occurred n number of times.
fixed duration schedule
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A reinforcement schedule in which a reinforcer is provided the first time the target behavior occurs after an interval of n length since the last reinforcement.
generalized imitation
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A reinforcement procedure used to teach the response class "do as I do." The procedure involves reinforcement for correspondence between modeled performance and an imitative operant. The contingency ...
experimental control
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A reference to the management or control of different variables in a study, including independent and extraneous variables.
