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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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Control group
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1) A group of subjects not exposed to the presumed crucial value of the independent variable. 2) Those subjects who are exposed to control or nonexperimental conditions so as to provide a basis for ...
Control condition
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1) A condition not containing the presumed crucial value of the independent variable. 2) A condition or phase of an experiment in which the independent variable is not present. Also called the ...
Hypothetical constructs
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Nonobservable postulated events that are said to explain behavior. For example, Freud's mental device "ego" is a hypothetical construct. From a behavioural perspective, the difficulty is that the ...
Idemnotic measurement
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Measurement in which units whose meaning is (a) absolute or fixed, (b) defined independently of what is being measured, and (c) standard across all scientists.
Indirect measurement
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Measurement practises in which the events measured are not the same as those about which conclusions will be drawn. See Direct measurement.
Generalisation training
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A method designed to occasion in another stimulus situation a behaviour emitted in one stimulus situation; programming for stimulus generalization. For instance, students who learned skills in one ...
Individualised instruction
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Instruction in which what each student does, and how fast he or she progresses, depends on his or her performance.
