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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
Repeated acquisition
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A procedure that examines acquisition as steady-state performance. For example, assume a monkey must emit a sequence of presses on four Levers to produce a reinforcer and the required sequence ...
Maintenance schedule
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A reinforcement schedule that maintains a target behaviour at a desired rate.
Variable interval schedule
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A reinforcement schedule in which a reinforcer is provided the first time the target behaviour occurs after an interval, with the interval varying around an average of n seconds or minutes.
Variable ratio schedule
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A reinforcement schedule in which a reinforcer is provided after a target behaviour has occurred a number of times, with the number varying around an average of n.
Variable duration schedule
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A reinforcement schedule in which a reinforcer is provided after a target behaviour has been performed continuously for a period, with the period varying around an average of n length.
Unconditioned reflex or unconditional reflex
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A relation between a stimulus and a response that does not depend on prior conditioning. A reflex is the reliable production of a response by a stimulus. The stimulus is an unconditioned stimulus ...
Variable-interval
Psychology; Behavior analysis
A reinforcer is contingent on the first response after a variable interval of time since the last opportunity for reinforcement.
