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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
Experimental setting
Psychology; Behavior analysis
An inclusive reference to all features of the environment in which both control and experimental conditions will be implemented. May sometimes refer to all variables other than the independent ...
Interoceptive stimulus
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A stimulus inside the organism. The stimulus may be presented from outside, as when an experimenter passes electric current through an area of the brain, or it may be produced by the organism itself, ...
Graduated prompting
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A stimulus control method that begins with the natural S' and progresses from the least-to-most artificial or restrictive prompts until the desired behaviour occurs.
Hypothesis
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A speculation, prediction, or guess about the outcome of an experiment. May refer to a formal, written statement or to an informal statement.
Fixed time schedule
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A schedule of reinforcement in which reinforcers are delivered following the passage of a specific amount of time and not dependent on a particular response.
Outcome goal
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A specification of the end product or behaviour sought as a result of the treatment program. Examples include decreases in vandalism cost or reductions in the number of absences.
Incompatible behaviour
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A specific alternative response (Alt-R) or behaviour incapable of being emitted simultaneously with another behavior; behaviour that interferes with specific other behavior.
