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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Findley procedure

Psychology; Behavior analysis

A method used to present concurrent schedules in the operant laboratory. Separate schedules are programmed on a single key, and the organism may switch schedules (and associated SDS) by making a ...

Density

Psychology; Behavior analysis

A synonym for rate, as in reinforcement density or shock density.

Demonstration research

Psychology; Behavior analysis

A style of research in which the primary goal is to show that a certain outcome is possible. See Explanatory research.

Delphi method

Psychology; Behavior analysis

A strategy for identifying the best examples of any particular class of items is to ask a panel of experts independently to suggest an optimal list. By pooling the items and sometimes repeatedly ...

1) The reinforcement of every response. For example, dispensing machines are set up on a schedule of continuous reinforcement; each response (of inserting the correct change and selecting an item) is ...

Continuous recording for specified periods

Psychology; Behavior analysis

A tactic used in applied behaviour analysis for assessing the rate of target behavior. Each instance of behaviour is counted during certain periods of the day (e.g., lunch, recess, first class in the ...