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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direct measurement

Psychology; Behavior analysis

Measurement practices in which the events measured are the same as those about which conclusions will be drawn. See Indirect measurement.

A teaching method that involves using a prepared curriculum (i.e., DISTARTM). (1) following a very carefully organized and detailed sequence of instruction; (2) teaching skillfully in small groups ...

dimensionless quantity

Psychology; Behavior analysis

A unitless or scalar number that results from calculations whose components share the same dimensional quantities.

dimensional quantity

Psychology; Behavior analysis

A quantifiable dimension of a property of a natural phenomenon. Also referred to as a quantity.

dimensional measurement

Psychology; Behavior analysis

An approach to measurement that describes the amounts of the dimensional quantities of the events observed. Involves attaching a number representing the observed extent of a dimensional quantity to ...

differential-reinforcement schedules

Psychology; Behavior analysis

Schedules of differential reinforcement, especially when reinforcers depend on the temporal pacing of responses. Contingencies can be based on preceding interresponse times (IRTs), response rates ...