experimental analysis of behavior

an approach to experimental psychology that explores the relationships between particular experiences and changes in behavior, emphasizing the behavior of individuals rather than group averages. It is concerned especially with describing how contingencies of reinforcement control the rate of an instrumental response.

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Psychology term of the day

November 20th 2024

perceptual synthesis

1. the integration of experience from all the senses to establish knowledge of the external world and one’s interactions with it and to eliminate unessential information about both.

2. in auditory perception, a phenomenon in which people perceive missing sounds or faint sounds when the gap created by them is filled with white noise.