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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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Behavior analysis
Between groups design
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A method of arranging comparisons between experimental and control conditions, in which different groups of subjects are exposed to each condition and data representing the combined performance of ...
Behaviorally anchored rating scale
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A method of assessing performance by assigning a numerical value to one's judgments. Each number on the scale represents a specific set of observable behaviors, such as steps, tasks, or skills ...
Aversion therapy
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A form of sensitization training in which a stimulus that arouses an inappropriate positive response is paired with an aversive stimulus. Used especially in the treatment of drug abuse and criminal ...
Advocacy research
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A style of research in which an investigator's primary goal is to generate support for a predetermined outcome or hypothesis.
Behavioural definition
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A statement that specifies exactly what behaviour is to be observed.
Antecedent stimulus or antecedent event
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A stimulus that precedes some event or contingency; typically, a discriminative stimulus in a three-term contingency.
Automatic reinforcer
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A reinforcer related to a response in such a way that it is ordinarily produced automatically by the response (e.g., as in the relation between certain sexual activities and orgasm).