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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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Suppression
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A reduction in responding directly or indirectly produced by an aversive stimulus (e.g., by punishment or by the presentation of a preaversive stimulus). The term is sometimes extended to any ...
Temporal extent
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A property of any phenomenon that occurs in time. Described in terms of the dimensional quantity of duration.
Temporal locus
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A property of any phenomenon that occurs in time. Described in terms of the dimensional quantity of latency.
Random control
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A procedure for presenting two stimuli randomly in time, as a baseline against which to compare the effects of stimulus-stimulus contingencies. The random presentations are usually arranged in the ...
Polymorphous stimulus class
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A probabilistic stimulus class in which each member includes exactly N of M distinguishing features (as when a stimulus is a member of a class by virtue of containing exactly 2 of 3 critical ...
Null hypothesis
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A prediction required by the logic of inferential statistics that there are no differences among the populations of which the experimental and control groups are samples. See Alternative hypothesis.
Reinforced positive practise
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A positive practise procedure in which the positive practise activity is reinforced. See also Overcorrection.
