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| A type of within-subject experiment in which behavior is observed before. (A) and after (B) and experimental manipulation. The original (A) condition is restored, sometimes followed again by the experimental (B) condition. |
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| First-or secondhand reports of personal experience. |
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| In a within-subject experiment, a period of observation (often designated "A") during which no attempt is made to modify the behavior under study. |
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| between-subject experiment |
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| An experimental design in which the independent variable is made to vary across two or more groups of subjects. Also called between-treatment or group experiment. |
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| Detailed study and description of a single case. Usually used in clinical settings. |
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| In a between-subjects experiment, those subjects not exposed to the independent variable. |
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| A graphic record of behavior, each point of which reflects the total number of times a behavior has been performed as of that time. |
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| An apparatus (or software) that records every occurrence of a behavior, thereby producing a cumulative record. |
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