Glossary - Psychology
... Comparative psychology: The study of animal behaviour. Criteria of the psychic: According to Yerkes, the criteria that an organism must meet if they are to have a mind. Discriminative consciousness: The first level of Robert Yerkes’ conception of consciousness; the ability to discriminate stimuli. I ...
... Comparative psychology: The study of animal behaviour. Criteria of the psychic: According to Yerkes, the criteria that an organism must meet if they are to have a mind. Discriminative consciousness: The first level of Robert Yerkes’ conception of consciousness; the ability to discriminate stimuli. I ...
Basic concepts of applied behaviour analysis
... The functional relationship between antecedents (teaching strategies), the manner in which the student responds (student behaviour), and the manner in which he environment responds to the behaviour (reward/reinforcer). ...
... The functional relationship between antecedents (teaching strategies), the manner in which the student responds (student behaviour), and the manner in which he environment responds to the behaviour (reward/reinforcer). ...
Opportunism
Opportunism is the conscious policy and practice of taking selfish advantage of circumstances – with little regard for principles, or with what the consequences are for others. Opportunist actions are expedient actions guided primarily by self-interested motives. The term can be applied to individual humans and living organisms, groups, organizations, styles, behaviours, and trends. Opportunism or ""opportunistic behavior"" is an important concept in such fields of study as biology, transaction cost economics, game theory, ethics, psychology, sociology and politics.
