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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
observing response
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A response that produces or clarifies a discriminative stimulus and that may be maintained by the effectiveness of that stimulus as a conditioned reinforcer. Observing responses are sometimes only ...
remembering
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A response occasioned by a stimulus no longer present, perhaps directly or perhaps through the mediation of other behavior with respect to that stimulus. Remembering is often discussed in terms of a ...
single case experimental design
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A research design in which the behavior of an individual is compared under experimental and control conditions.
multiple baseline across subjects
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A research design in which an intervention is introduced progressively for different subjects who exhibit similar target behavior. The same behavior (e.g., stealing) is first modified for subject 1, ...
trend
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A relatively consistent change in a data set in a single direction.
timeout ribbon
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A relatively benign form of timeout. A ribbon serves as a necktie. Contingent on misbehavior, the ribbon is removed for 3 minutes, or longer, if necessary, until the misbehavior stops. Treats and ...
second-order effect
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A relation between the numbers of responses emitted in two or more successive intervals on FI in which an over-all acceleration may be observed throughout all segments.
