Behavior Driven Development — (or BDD) is an Agile software development technique that encourages collaboration between developers, QA and non technical or business participants in a software project. It was originally conceived in 2003 by Dan North D.North,… … Wikipedia
Behavior modification — is the use of empirically demonstrated behavior change techniques to improve behavior, such as altering an individual s behaviors and reactions to stimuli through positive and negative reinforcement of adaptive behavior and/or the reduction of… … Wikipedia
Behavior analysis of child development — Child development in behavior analytic theory has origins in John B. Watson s behaviorism.[1] Watson wrote extensively on child development and conducted research (see Little Albert experiment). Watson was instrumental in the modification of… … Wikipedia
Behavior of nuclear fuel during a reactor accident — This page is devoted to a discussion of how uranium dioxide nuclear fuel behaves during both normal nuclear reactor operation and under reactor accident conditions such as overheating. Work in this area is often very expensive to conduct, and so… … Wikipedia
Behavior modification facility — A behavior modification facility (or Youth Residential Program) is a private, residential educational institution to which parents send adolescents who are perceived as displaying antisocial behavior, in an attempt to alter their conduct. The… … Wikipedia
effect — [[t]ɪfe̱kt[/t]] ♦ effects, effecting, effected 1) N VAR: oft N of/on n, N of ing, adj N The effect of one thing on another is the change that the first thing causes in the second thing. Parents worry about the effect of music on their adolescent… … English dictionary
effect — The result or consequence of an action. [L. efficio, pp. effectus, to accomplish, fr. facio, to do] abscopal e. a reaction produced following irradiation but occurring outside the zone of actual radiation absorption. additive e. an e. wherein two … Medical dictionary
Online disinhibition effect — In psychology, the online disinhibition effect, also known in popular culture as John Gabriel s Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory (GIFT), refers to the way people behave on the Internet with less restraint than in real world situations. The concept … Wikipedia
Applied behavior analysis — (ABA) is the science of applying experimentally derived principles of behavior to improve socially significant behavior. ABA takes what we know about behavior and uses it to bring about positive change (Applied). Behaviors are defined in… … Wikipedia
Herd behavior — Herd behaviour describes how individuals in a group can act together without planned direction. The term pertains to the behaviour of animals in herds, flocks, and schools, and to human conduct during activities such as stock market bubbles and… … Wikipedia
Counterproductive work behavior — (CWB) is employee behavior that goes against the goals of an organization.[1] These behaviors can be intentional or unintentional and result from a wide range of underlying causes and motivations. It has been proposed that a person by environment … Wikipedia