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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Event recording

Psychology; Behavior analysis

1) An observational recording procedure in which the number of occurrences of a given discrete behaviour are counted-number of times correct answers are given, blows delivered, and so on-over a ...

Elicit

Psychology; Behavior analysis

1) A verb used to denote the effect of an antecedent conditioned or unconditioned stimulus on a conditioned or unconditioned response in respondent or classical conditioning of reflexes. In ...

Emit

Psychology; Behavior analysis

1) A term that describes the occurrence of operant behavior. In this text, familiar verbs such as express, perform, respond, and behave are used as equivalents. See also Operant behavior. 2) ...

Expectancy

Psychology; Behavior analysis

A colloquial term referring to behaviour that precedes a predictable event. Expectancy depends on a history with respect to that event (it cannot depend on an event that has not yet occurred).

Higher-order class of behaviour

A class that includes within it other classes that can themselves function as operant classes, as when generalised imitation includes all the component imitations that could be separately reinforced. ...