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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
running weight
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A given body-weight, selected as an indicator of a schedule of deprivation, at which the organism is held from day to day during an experiment.
slot machine game
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A game of chance in which participants receive reinforcers as prizes. Several cups are placed upside down, concealing paper slips on which the names of reinforcing items or events are written. Each ...
property
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A fundamental quality of a natural phenomenon. See Dimensional quantity.
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Psychology; Behavior analysis
A formal verbal class in which a written stimulus occasions a corresponding written response. The correspondence is defined by the one-to-one relation of verbal units (e.g., letters or words) and not ...
textual behavior
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A formal verbal class in which a written stimulus occasions a corresponding vocal verbal response. The correspondence is defined by the one-to-one relation of verbal units (e.g., letters or words). ...
required relaxation
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A form of timeout in which the person is required to rest (e.g., lie on a bed) contingent on misbehavior. See also Timeout.
movement suppression timeout
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A form of timeout in which movement is contingently restricted for a period of time. See also Timeout.
