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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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Treatment phase
Psychology; Behavior analysis
The period of time during which the intervention is in effect.
Value-altering principle
Psychology; Behavior analysis
The pairing procedure converts a neutral stimulus into a learned reinforcer or learned aversive condition.
Phylogenetic
Psychology; Behavior analysis
The ontogenetic history refers to the individual organism's experience in its interaction with the environment. The result of such ontogenetic experiences may produce unique behaviours in each ...
Rate of response
Psychology; Behavior analysis
The number of responses that occur in a given interval. For example, a bird may peck a key two times per second.
Temporal contiguity
Psychology; Behavior analysis
The modification or maintenance of behaviour by accidental (also adventitious, incidental, or spurious) relations between responses and reinforcers, as opposed to those either explicitly or ...
Quantitative law of effect
Psychology; Behavior analysis
The matching law suggests that operant behaviour is determined by rate of reinforcement for one alternative relative to all other known sources of reinforcement. Even in situations where a ...
Magnitude
Psychology; Behavior analysis
The magnitude of the stimulus and response has unique importance for the reflex because it is the most important dimension of the reflex. In general, the major effect of reflex conditioning is on the ...
