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.

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Behavioural rehearsal

Psychology; Behavior analysis

Reinforced practise of a complex skill under simulated conditions. Role playing is one form of behavioural rehearsal.

Behavioural laws

Psychology; Behavior analysis

Principles of behaviour that have been demonstrated to possess very broad generality. Immediacy and schedule of reinforcement are examples.

Behavioural objective

Psychology; Behavior analysis

Precise specification of a goal behavior, including three essential elements. (1) Behavior; (2) the givens, situations, context, or conditions under which the behaviour is to occur; and (3) the ...

Accountability

Psychology; Behavior analysis

Objective demonstration and communication of the effectiveness of a given Program. functional relations, behavioural outcomes, cost benefit, consumer satisfaction, and so on.

Analogue to avoidance principle

Psychology; Behavior analysis

If an indirect-acting contingency is to increase or maintain performance, it should be an analogue to avoidance.

Bias

Psychology; Behavior analysis

A systematic error in measurement (e.g., if a device cannot record all responses when they follow each other rapidly, data recorded with the device will be biassed toward low response rates). For ...