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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
Transitory state
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A transitional pattern of responding that ends in a return to the original level or pattern of responding.
Representation
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A transformation of stimuli occurring either when an organism responds to them or later (e.g., in remembering). In some accounts they are copies; in other accounts representations have arbitrary ...
Token
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A token is used as a conditioned reinforcer. It is usually a metal or plastic disc which an organism (usually one with an opposing thumb and forefinger such as a man or chimpanzee) can carry around ...
Partial-interval time-sampling
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A time-sampling procedure whereby a response is recorded if it occurs at any time(s)-even momentarily-during the interval, and not necessarily throughout the interval, as in whole interval ...
Reactive measurement
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A threat to internal validity in an experiment. When a dependent variable changes just because it is measured, the effect is called reactive measurement. For example, a person may lose weight because ...
Match-to-sample method
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A task in which a student selects from two or more alternatives the stimulus that matches or corresponds to a standard or sample.
Needs assessment
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A systematic method for identifying goals to target for programmatic change' Needs assessment may include observations, tests interviews, questionnaires, and other sources of input.
