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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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Contingency control
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1) Effectively managing the functional antecedents and consequences of given responses. 2) Direct control of behaviour by a contingency, without the involvement of rules.
Contingency contract
Psychology; Behavior analysis
An agreement between two or more parties about what each is to do for the other.
Contingency analysis
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A description of an individual's goal and/or problem behaviour and the events that appear to precede and follow those behaviors. Used to begin to identify contingencies that may be functionally ...
Contingency
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1) A relationship between a class of responses and a class or classes of stimuli. Implies nothing about the nature of the relationship or its effects. 2) A dependency or a causal relationship. 3) In ...
Control
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1) The systematic modification or maintenance of behaviour by manipulating relevant conditions. The manipulation of conditions distinguishes control from prediction and interpretations. If control is ...
Contrived reinforcer
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1) An artificial reinforcer. 2) Reinforcers that have been arranged by someone for the purpose of modifying behavior.
Contrast phenomenon
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1) The condition that exists when there is a functional relation between a performance and a particular event or independent variable. For example, if a child usually or consistently asks for ice ...
