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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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medical model
Psychology; Behavior analysis
The view that behavior problems are merely symptoms of an underlying psychological disorder.
teleology
Psychology; Behavior analysis
The use of design or purpose in the explanation of a natural phenomenon.
relevance
Psychology; Behavior analysis
The usefulness of skills learned - both for a student's immediate life and for the life he or she may lead many years later.
vertical axis
Psychology; Behavior analysis
The vertical line on the side (usually left) of a graph. Also called the y-axis or ordinate.
time per cycle
Psychology; Behavior analysis
The unit of measurement for the dimensional quantity of interresponse time.
retention
Psychology; Behavior analysis
The time between storage and retrieval in the storage-retrieval metaphor of memory.
three-contingency model of performance management
Psychology; Behavior analysis
The three crucial contingencies are: the ineffective natural contingency, the effective, indirect-acting performance-management contingency, and the effective, direct-acting theoretical contingency.
