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.

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Antecedent stimulus

Psychology; Behavior analysis

A stimulus that precedes or accompanies a behaviour and may exert discriminative control over that behavior.

Arousal

Psychology; Behavior analysis

A state of readiness for behaving, metaphorically extended from arousal in the colloquial sense of awakening.

Across-behavior multiple-baseline design

A single subject or intensive experimental design that involves. (1) Obtaining pretreatment measures (baseline) of several different behaviors; (2) applying the intervention or experimental procedure ...

Across-individuals multiple-baseline design

Psychology; Behavior analysis

A single subject or intensive experimental design that involves. (1) collecting baselines on the same behaviour of several different individuals; (2) applying the intervention first with one ...

Across-situations multiple-baseline design

Psychology; Behavior analysis

A single subject or intensive experimental design that involves. (1) Collecting baselines on a behaviour of one or more individuals across different situations; (2) testing the effects of the ...