Glossary
Feedback on behavior
What is Feedback on Behavior?
Feedback on behavior supplies information or an evaluation about how a person performs a behavior, such as its frequency, duration, intensity, or form.
Feedback on behavior vs. outcomes
Feedback about an outcome, such as a test score, is coded separately from feedback about the action, such as study time. Monitoring without communicating results is also a different technique.
An example of feedback on behavior
A running app shows weekly distance and the duration of each run. That is feedback on behavior: it describes what the person did. A coach reporting the number of practice sessions completed provides another example.
How the technique is defined
The original BCT Taxonomy v1 definitions specify this as technique 2.2. The code identifies the information provided. It does not specify a universally best timing or format for delivering it.
Why it matters
A person may have an impression of how often they act that differs from the record. Behavior feedback makes that record available for comparison with a goal. Whether the person can use it depends on what it communicates and what they can change.