5 Terms
Home > Industry/Domain > Psychology > Behavior analysis
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.
Industry: Psychology
Add a new termContributors in Behavior analysis
Behavior analysis
Molecular
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Molecular accounts of behaviour focus on small moment-to-moment relationships between behaviour and its consequences. For example, the time between any two responses (IRT).
Molar
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Molar accounts of behaviour are concerned with large-scale factors that regulate responding over a long period of time. For example, the average time between reinforcers for an entire session.
Peer-mediated strategy
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Method of training, supervising, and monitoring peers to serve as contingency managers, cotherapists, or tutors. Peers provide services directly.
Key light
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Light projected upon the translucent pigeon key, used as a stimulus. Lights of different colours or patterns may be used.
Serial learning
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Learning an ordered list of items. In serial recall, the learner has an opportunity for recall after the entire list is presented. In serial anticipation, items are presented one at a time and the ...
Primary punisher
Psychology; Behavior analysis
Is any punisher that loses its effectiveness only through satiation (adaptation). Primary punishers are usually basic physical events such as hitting, shock, pinching, and so on.
