Behavior analysis

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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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 replication

Psychology; Behavior analysis

The exact replication of an experiment.

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.