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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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Percent graph
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A graph of the percent of correct responses, percent of opportunities taken, percent of times that a response occurred out of the times checked, and so on. Percent graphs do not show how many ...
Rostdiscrimination gradient
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A gradient obtained after a discrimination between one stimulus correlated with reinforcement and another correlated with extinction (occasionally, between two stimuli correlated with different ...
Running weight
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A given body-weight, selected as an indicator of a schedule of deprivation, at which the organism is held from day to day during an experiment.
Slot machine game
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A game of chance in which participants receive reinforcers as prizes. Several cups are placed upside down, concealing paper slips on which the names of reinforcing items or events are written. Each ...
Property
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A fundamental quality of a natural phenomenon. See Dimensional quantity.
Reflexivity
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A one-to-one relationship (A = A) between stimuli. For example, a pigeon is presented with the colour red on a sample key and the bird responds to a comparison key with the identical colour ...
Mechner notation
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A notation system that describes the independent variables that produce operant behavior. For example, Mechner notation represents the way that schedules of reinforcement are arranged.
