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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Covert sensitization

Psychology; Behavior analysis

A variation of aversion therapy in which the paired events are imagined.

Covert behaviour

Psychology; Behavior analysis

1) behaviour that can be observed only by the person performing it. 2) Private behaviour (not visible to the outside observer).

The action taken by an individual in response to often powerful or perhaps troublesome control by another. When both individuals are able to arrange contingencies that strongly affect each other's ...

Cumulative curve

Psychology; Behavior analysis

A curve showing the number of responses emitted plotted against time. Such a curve is conveniently recorded while the behaviour is in progress. Rate of responding can be read from it as the slope at ...

Cumalitive recorder

Psychology; Behavior analysis

A fixed-interval schedule often produces a scallop-a gradual increase in the rate of responding, with responding occurring at a high rate just before reinforcement is available. No responding occurs ...

Cultural practise

Psychology; Behavior analysis

A cultural practise is defined in terms of interlocking social contingencies-where the behaviour of each person supports the behaviour of other members of the community. The pattern of behaviour that ...

Cultural evolution

Psychology; Behavior analysis

Cultural evolution begins at the level of the individual, when the behaviour of a person is reinforced by its technological effects. An inventor may discover a new way of making a wheel; a farmer ...