FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS

By
Nugent, Pam M.S.
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1. Detailed analysis of a behaviour to identify contingencies that sustain the behaviour. 2. Synthesis of a client's behaviour problems and variables that are associated with or hypothesized to cause them.

FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS: "Functional analysis looks at causes of behaviour."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. PROCESS ANALYSIS
  2. ERROR ANALYSIS
  3. PROPENSITY ANALYSIS
  4. Q-TECHNIQUE FACTOR ANALYSIS
  5. FUNCTIONAL BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT
  6. CANONICAL ANALYSIS
  7. GENERAL LINEAR MODEL
  8. PATH ANALYSIS
  9. FORMATIVE TENDENCY
  10. BEHAVIOR REVERSAL
Cite this page: Nugent, Pam M.S., "FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS," in PsychologyDictionary.org, May 11, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/functional-analysis/ (accessed August 19, 2018).
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