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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Behavior analysis

A symbolic representation of relations. For example, a three-term contingency in which a response (R) produces a reinforcer (Rf) in the presence of a discriminative stimulus (SD) might be written as. ...

verbal prompt

Psychology; Behavior analysis

A supplemental verbal stimulus that raises the probability of a correct response.

thematic research

Psychology; Behavior analysis

A style of research in which experiments are designed so that they are related to other studies in specific ways.

pilot research

Psychology; Behavior analysis

A style of research in which a study is primarily intended to test certain aspects of procedure before conducting a formal experiment.

unconditioned reinforcer

Psychology; Behavior analysis

A stimulus, such as food, water, or sexual activity, that usually is reinforcing in the absence of any prior learning history; often used interchangeably with primary reinforcer. 9 Validity. The ...

speedometer

Psychology; Behavior analysis

A stimulus, some dimension of which changes as a function of the rate of responding measured over some arbitrary period of time.

unconditioned aversive stimulus

Psychology; Behavior analysis

A stimulus, object, or event, such as a painful electric shock, a bee sting, or a sudden loud noise, that functions aversively in the absence of any prior learning history (i.e., its contingent ...