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DANIELS' DICTUM:
The principle that solving behavior problems with behavior analysis is more difficult than it appears. Daniels is known for telling people, "If you think this stuff is easy, you're doing it wrong."
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DATA:
The results of measurement, usually in quantified form. A single value is referred to as a datum.
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DATADATUM:
any recorded information, usually in numerical form. Data is plural, datum is singular.
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DEAD MAN'S TEST:
An informal test of whether a particular event is a behavior to the effect that, "If a dead man can do it, it is not behavior." See Box 2.4.
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DEAD-MAN TEST:
If a dead man can do it, it ain't behavior.
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DEADLINE PRINCIPLE:
If an indirect-acting contingency is to increase or maintain performance, it should involve a deadline.
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DECLARATIVE MEMORY:
See REMEMBERING
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DECODING:
the learner's behavior with respect to the item to be remembered at the time it is recalled. Cf. ENCODING.
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DEEP STRUCTURE:
the common structural features of sentences that are related to each other by grammatical transformations. Cf. SURFACE STRUCTURE.
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DEFENSIVE CONDITIONING:
Respondent conditioning in which the US is an aversive or noxious stimulus.
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