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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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priming
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Presenting a stimulus that affects behavior after the stimulus is removed (as when the brief presentation of one word lowers the recognition threshold of a semantically related word presented later).
respondent reinforcement
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Presenting a conditioned and an unconditioned stimulus at approximately the same time. See also contingency, differential reinforcement, intermittent reinforcement, continuous reinforcement, etc.
within phase replication
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Presentation of the same condition many times in succession throughout a phase.
scallop
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Positively accelerated portion of the cumulative record, usually used in speaking of interval or ratio segments.
real cause of poor self-management
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Poor self-management results from poor control by rules describing outcomes that are either too small (though often of cumulative significance) or too improbable. The delay isn't crucial.
mythical cause of poor self-management
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Poor self management results from control by immediate outcomes and not by delayed outcomes. So we fail to act in our long-run best interest.
phylogenetic history
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Phylogenetic history refers to the evolutionary history of the species in which the survival of individuals with particular genetic features produces a selection of genetic patterns. Thus, the ...
