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functional analysis

1. the detailed analysis of a behavior to identify contingencies that sustain the behavior.

2. a synthesis of a client’s behavior problems and the variables that are associated with or hypothesized to cause them.

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occupational counseling

occupational counseling

an early 20th-century approach to vocational guidance. Three steps were identified in the process: (a) relevant knowledge of self, (b) realistic knowledge of occupations, and (c) true reasoning in making sensible choices. [proposed by U.S. educator Frank Parsons (1854–1908)]