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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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Innate imitation
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Imitative responding that occurs as a function of phylogeny or species history. See also imitation.
Frequency of reinforcement
Psychology; Behavior analysis
How often reinforcement occurs. It can refer to the number of reinforcements per unit of time or to the number of responses that are reinforced out of the number made.
Goal-setting
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Identification in advance of values or levels to be reached, often by a particular time. A goal might be set at a certain number of accomplishments, level of quality, percentage of correct answers, ...
Genotype
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Genotype refers to the genetic make-up of the organism. Some observable characteristics are largely determined by genotype, other features are strongly influenced by experience, but most result from ...
Frequency
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1) A reference to (a) countability or count, especially in statistics or (b) rate, especially in the natural sciences. 2) The number of times a behaviour occurs. Often expressed as rate-that is, in ...
Extinction
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1) A procedure in which the reinforcement of a previously reinforced behaviour is discontinued. Also may be used to describe the "process" by which a previously learned behaviour disappears as a ...
Intrinsic motivation
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1) A hypothesised state inferred by observing an individual expressing a particular behaviour at high rates in the absence of any identifiable external reinforcing consequences; presumably, emitting ...
