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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
Processing
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Whatever goes on within an organism between the presentation of a stimulus and subsequent responding.
Parametric manipulation
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Variation of one or more parameters of a variable in an experiment (e.g., the value of a fixed interval schedule of reinforcement).
Variable-ratio responding
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Variable-ratio schedules produce a high rate of responding, with almost no postreinforcement pausing.
Intrinsic consequences
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Stimulus changes which are produced by (and are dependent on) the behaviour of the individual who experiences them. Natural consequences are contrasted with artificial or , by trinsic consequences, ...
Natural consequences
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Stimulus changes which are produced by (and are dependent on) the behaviour of the individual who experiences them. Natural consequences are contrasted with artificial or , by trinsic consequences, ...
Reinforcement reserve
Psychology; Behavior analysis
The unconsumed quantity of reinforcers in the possession of an individual or group. This term frequently refers to a number of tokens or other exchangeable reinforcers.
Withdrawal of reinforcement
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Withdrawal of reinforcement usually refers to the withdrawal of a stimulus which is the occasion on which a performance may be reinforced. Withdrawal of reinforcement is to be distinguished from ...
