PSYB45H3 Midterm: B45 MIDTERM NOTES
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Behaviour: anything that a person says or does; any muscular, glandular, or electrical activity of an organism. Studying effectively is a behaviour that will result in an a in a course: the a is merely the product of the behaviour, not the actual behaviour. Overt (visible) behaviours: behaviours that could be observed and recorded by someone other than the one performing the behaviour: includes walking, speaking, yelling, dancing. Covert (private, internal) behaviour: activities that cannot be readily observed by others: thoughts, emotions and feelings (i. e. increased heart rate) Covert and overt behaviours can be influenced by the techniques of behaviour modification. Imagining private self-talk = covert behaviours = cognitive behaviours. Dimensions of behaviour = characteristics of behaviour that can be measured. Duration of a behaviour = length of time that the behaviour lasts. Frequency of behaviour = number of instances that occur in a given period of time.
