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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
discrete stimulus
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A discrete period, usually stimulus-correlated, during which an organism has an opportunity to respond. Trials are separated by intertrial intervals that may consist of any of the following. a ...
discrete behavior
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A behavior that has a clearly discriminable beginning and end. Lever presses, sneezes, and writing answers to addition problems are examples of discrete responses.
discontinuous measurement
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Incomplete measurement in which all responses during periods of observation are not necessarily transduced.
direct-acting contingency
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A contingency for which the outcome of the response reinforces or punishes that response.
direct observational recording
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A method, sometimes called observational recording, in which a human observer objectively records ongoing behavior. Event and time sampling are both direct observational recording methods.
direct observation
Psychology; Behavior analysis
An observation that is personally seen (or heard) by the observer and immediately recorded.
