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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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Psychology; Behavior analysis
In the storage-retrieval metaphor of memory, search for a match to some target item. The search may be exhaustive (all items are checked) or self-terminating (the search ends when a match to the ...
uncontrolled variable
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Uncontrolled variables that influence the outcome of an experiment to an unknown extent, making precise evaluation of the effects of the independent variable impossible.
semantic memory
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Types of remembering are sometimes distinguished by their time courses. Irocic memory and echoic memory refer, respectively, to the brief persistence of the effects of visual and auditory stimuli. ...
treasure box
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Toys, games, and arts and crafts materials are contained in colorful boxes and used as reinforcers for young people. Boxes are exchanged periodically among classrooms to increase novelty.
set up
Psychology; Behavior analysis
To set up a reinforcement is to close a circuit so that the next response will be reinforced whenever it occurs.
replicate
Psychology; Behavior analysis
To repeat or duplicate an experimental procedure, usually to demonstrate its reliability by reproducing the results. See also Systematic replication.
rule-governed analog
Psychology; Behavior analysis
to reinforcement by the presentation of a reinforcer. An increase in the likelihood of a response because of a rule stating the occasions when the response will produce a reinforcer.
