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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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Maturation
Psychology; Behavior analysis
One source of invalidity in experiments is called maturation, which refers to biological or psychological processes that change over time. If these maturational changes occur at the same time as the ...
Two-key procedure
Psychology; Behavior analysis
On a concurrent schedule of reinforcement, the alternative schedules are presented on separate response keys.
Peak procedure
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Omitting some proportion of the reinforcers arranged by an Fl schedule and thereby allowing responding to continue for some time after the usual end of the interval. Response rate typically passes ...
Within phase replication
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Presentation of the same condition many times in succession throughout a phase.
Scallop
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Positively accelerated portion of the cumulative record, usually used in speaking of interval or ratio segments.
Real cause of poor self-management
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Poor self-management results from poor control by rules describing outcomes that are either too small (though often of cumulative significance) or too improbable. The delay isn't crucial.
Noxious stimulus
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Often used as a synonym for aversive stimulus, but more strictly defined as a stimulus that affects pain receptors or produces tissue damage. In this strict sense, the term is useful for referring to ...
