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.

Industry: Psychology

Add a new term

Contributors in Behavior analysis

Become a Contributors

Behavior analysis

Response-contingent presentation

Psychology; Behavior analysis

Response-contingent presentation of an aversive condition resulting in a decreased frequency of that response.

Penalty contingency

Psychology; Behavior analysis

Response -contingent removal of a reinforcer resulting in a decreased frequency of that response.

Respondent generalisation

Psychology; Behavior analysis

Respondent generalisation occurs when an organism shows a conditioned response to values of the CS that have not been trained. For example, if a tone of 375 Hz is paired with food, a dog will ...

Temporal conditioning

Psychology; Behavior analysis

Respondent conditioning in which a US is presented at regular intervals (e.g., every 10 minutes). Conditioning is said to have occurred when the CR tends to occur shortly before each US.

Nondiscriminated avoidance

Psychology; Behavior analysis

Refers to the procedure used to train avoidance behaviour or avoidance responding, in which no warning stimulus is presented. Both uses are correct. See also negative reinforcement.