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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
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
Psychology; Behavior analysis
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 ...
Alternating treatment design
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A single case design in which two or more interventions alternate systematically.
Behaviour chain
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A sequence of related behaviors, each of which provides the cue for the next, and the last of which produces a reinforcer.
