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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
principle of size
Psychology; Behavior analysis
States that the larger the amount of any single reinforcer, the more effective the reinforcement. To decide whether the principle has been followed, ask the question "Was the amount of reinforcement ...
principle of contingency
Psychology; Behavior analysis
States that a reinforcer will be maximally effective if the reinforcer is delivered immediately after the desired behavior has occurred. To decide whether this principle has been followed, ask the ...
process vs. product
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Sometimes you need to make reinforcers and feedback contingent on the component responses of the process, not just on the product (outcome). Do this when you can't get quality products of sufficient ...
strength of response
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Sometimes used to designate probability or rate of responding.
wheel-running
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Sometimes taken as an index of level of activity, especially in rats runs inside the wheel, which usually turns in only one direction to simplify recording of revolutions or distance run. Wheel ...
procedure of fixed-outcome shaping
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Shaping that involves the delivery of a fixed magnitude of a reinforcer, when performance meets the changing criterion, or the delivery of a fixed magnitude of an aversive outcome, when performance ...
procedure of variable-outcome shaping
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Shaping that involves an increase in the magnitude of a reinforcer or a decrease in the magnitude of an aversive outcome as performance more and more closely resembles the terminal behavior.
