PSYB45H3 Chapter 1: Chapter 1 Notes
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Human behavior: what people do and say described in action words (anger- label of behavior, screaming. Behavior: you can measure the frequency of a behavior (# of times). Can measure the duration of behavior (how long). Have an impact on the environment (physical or social) Overt behaviour: an action that can be observed and recorded by a person other then the one engaging in the behaviour) Focus on behaviour (designed to change behaviour not a personal characteristic or trait). behavior excess: an undesirable target behaviour the person wants to decrease in frequency, duration, or intensity ex smoking. behavioral deficit: desirable target behaviour the person wants to increase in frequency, duration, or intensity. Procedures based on behaviour principles (application of basic principles derived from experimental research with lab animals) Emphasis on current environmental events (focus on the current events in the immediate environment and the goal of bm is to alter these events (controlling variables)
