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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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Experimental phases
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Those portions of an experiment in which the experimental condition is present and potentially in contact with subject's behavior.
Functional relation
Psychology; Behavior analysis
1) A mathematical function appealed to by a functional analysis. 2) An experimentally determined relation that shows that the dependent variable depends on or is a function of the independent ...
Horizontal axis
Psychology; Behavior analysis
The horizontal line at the bottom of a graph. Also called the x-axis or abscissa.
External validity
Psychology; Behavior analysis
External validity refers to the extent that an experimental finding generalises to other behaviors, settings, and populations. That is, does the cause-and-effect relationship found in an experiment ...
Fear hierarchy
Psychology; Behavior analysis
The graduated set of stimulus items that are constructed by client and therapist to treat phobic responses in systematic desensitization. The items are ordered from least to most anxiety producing.
Group research design
Psychology; Behavior analysis
The experiment is conducted with at least two groups of subjects. And the data are usually presented in terms of the mean (average) of the performance of all subjects combined for each group.
Free-feeding weight
Psychology; Behavior analysis
The stable weight maintained by a mature organism with unlimited access to food and water. A percentage of this weight (e.g., 80 percent) may serve as a criterion for a level of deprivation.
