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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
Relevance
Psychology; Behavior analysis
The usefulness of skills learned - both for a student's immediate life and for the life he or she may lead many years later.
Vertical axis
Psychology; Behavior analysis
The vertical line on the side (usually left) of a graph. Also called the y-axis or ordinate.
Time per cycle
Psychology; Behavior analysis
The unit of measurement for the dimensional quantity of interresponse time.
Retention
Psychology; Behavior analysis
The time between storage and retrieval in the storage-retrieval metaphor of memory.
Procedure of shaping with reinforcement
Psychology; Behavior analysis
The differential reinforcement of only that behaviour that more and more closely resembles the terminal behavior.
Procedure of shaping with punishment
Psychology; Behavior analysis
The differential punishment of all behaviour except that which more and more closely resembles the terminal behavior.
Multiple causation of behaviour
Psychology; Behavior analysis
The determination of behaviour by two or more variables acting at the same time. behaviour is always controlled by multiple variables, although some may be more important than others. behaviour ...
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