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FUNCTIONAL BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS [2 records]

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Record 1 2013-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Behaviour
CONT

Functional Analysis of Behavior. A crucial step in applied behavior analysis is conducting the functional assessment. A functional assessment allows the practitioner to identify and describe the problem behavior and the antecedents and consequences of that behavior in the context within which it occurs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement humain
CONT

Cette analyse fonctionnelle du comportement, qui exige qu'on déploie des efforts pour repérer les conditions environnementales qui déterminent le comportement, suppose [...] que le comportement s'établit par rapport à des événements précis dans l'environnement.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clinical Psychology
CONT

Clinical behavior analysis represents a movement in behavior therapy away from cognitivism and back toward radical behaviorism and other forms of behaviorism, in particular functional analysis(psychology) and behavioral models of verbal behavior.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie clinique
DEF

[Courant fondé sur] l'application des hypothèses, principes et méthodes du béhaviorisme radical [...] à des problèmes, questions et milieux touchant des populations cliniques.

Spanish

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