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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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Behavior analysis

Functional fixity

Psychology; Behavior analysis

Problem-solving behaviour in which the common function of a tool, object, or material makes it less likely that the solver will use it effectively in a novel way.

Experimental condition

Psychology; Behavior analysis

That part of an experiment in which the independent variable is present. The independent variable may be only part of the variables constituting the experimental condition. Also called treatment or ...

Instinctive drift

Psychology; Behavior analysis

Species-characteristic behaviour patterns that became more and more invasive during operant training.

Imitative reinforcers

Psychology; Behavior analysis

Stimuli arising from the match between the behaviour of the imitator and the behaviour of the model.

Incidental teaching

Psychology; Behavior analysis

A teacher requires that a student emit the proper form of a request before reinforcing that request, in the student's regular environment.

Elicited

Psychology; Behavior analysis

Respondent (CR) or reflexive (UR) behaviour is said to be elicited in the sense that it is forced by the presentation of a stimulus (CS or US).

Excitation

Psychology; Behavior analysis

Roughly, the production of behaviour or the variables that produce it, used especially in contrast with inhibition.

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