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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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Pseudoconditioning
Psychology; Behavior analysis
The elicitation of responding by one stimulus as a result of its presentation in the same context as another, even though neither had been presented in a contingent relation to the other. See ...
Measurement reactivity
Psychology; Behavior analysis
The effects of measurement procedures on a subject's behavior.
Language
Psychology; Behavior analysis
The features of the verbal behaviour shared by the members of a verbal community, including their vocabulary and
Validity
Psychology; Behavior analysis
The extent to which observed values represent what the events that are the focus of interpretation. See Indirect measurement and Box 7.
Metaphor
Psychology; Behavior analysis
The extension of concrete terms to complex and/or abstract events or relations for which relevant verbal responses are otherwise unavailable (as when pain is described not by how it feels but rather ...
Single-subject research design
Psychology; Behavior analysis
The entire experiment is conducted with a single subject, though it may be replicated with several other subjects.
Probability of a performance
Psychology; Behavior analysis
The probability that a performance will be emitted within a specified interval is inferred by observing its frequency of occurrence under comparable conditions. Probability of a performance, a ...
