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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Inter-observer reliability

Psychology; Behavior analysis

A measure of the degree of agreement in data tallies made by two or more observers.

Heterogeneous chains schedule

Psychology; Behavior analysis

A heterogeneous chain requires different responses for each link of the schedule. Dog trainers make use of heterogeneous chains when they teach complex behavioural sequences to their animals. In ...

Good behaviour game

Psychology; Behavior analysis

A group management package in which the group is divided into two or more teams, and rules are specified. In its original form, a team received a cheque against it if a member violated one of the ...

Histogram

Psychology; Behavior analysis

A graphic display in which each value is represented by a bar or column (usually vertical) whose height indicates the value. Also called a bar graph.

Equal-interval graph

Psychology; Behavior analysis

A graph which has lines equally spaced on the vertical axis so that when you add or subtract a certain amount, you move up or down the same distance, no matter where on the graph you start.

A graph showing the number (that is, the frequency) of times something occurred during each session a count was taken. For example, a f frequency graph might have, on its vertical axis, the number of ...

Extinction gradient

Psychology; Behavior analysis

A gradient obtained after extinction, when the extinction stimulus is represented on the continuum along which the gradient is determined. In one type, responding is first reinforced during several ...