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response hierarchy

the arrangement of a group of responses or response sequences in the order in which they are likely to be evoked by a specific stimulus (respondent behavior) or to occur in a particular stimulus situation (operant behavior). Also called hierarchy of response.

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research that is based on information inherent in a specific area or system, without taking into account outside, independent information.