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What is a discriminative stimulus?
A stimulus in the presence of which responses of some type have been reinforced and in the absence of which the same type of responses have occurred and not been reinforced.
What is a stimulus delta (S-Delta)?
A stimulus in the presence of which a given behavior has not produced reinforcement in the past.
What does stimulus control refer to?
When the rate, latency, duration, or amplitude of a response is altered in the presence of an antecedent stimuli.
What is stimulus generalization?
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What is stimulus discrimination?
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What is concept formation?
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What is an antecedent stimulus class?
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What is stimulus equivalence?
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Which of the following are the three ways to test for stimulus equivalence?
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What is reflexivity also called?
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What is matching-to-sample?
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What are prompts?
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What are the three major forms of response prompts?
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Which of the following are procedures for transferring stimulus control from response prompts to natural stimuli?
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Study Notes
Discriminative Stimulus
- Refers to a specific stimulus where responses have been reinforced in its presence.
- In its absence, the same responses do not receive reinforcement.
Stimulus Delta (S-Delta)
- Represents a stimulus where a particular behavior has not resulted in reinforcement previously.
Stimulus Control
- Describes changes in the rate, latency, duration, or amplitude of a response based on antecedent stimuli presence.
Stimulus Generalization
- Occurs when stimuli sharing similar physical properties with a controlling antecedent elicit a response that has been reinforced before.
Stimulus Discrimination
- Involves one behavior responding to two antecedent stimuli: reinforcement occurs with the SD but not with the S-Delta.
Concept Formation
- A more complex aspect of stimulus control that requires both generalization within a stimulus class and discrimination across different classes.
Antecedent Stimulus Class
- Consists of a group of stimuli that exhibit a common relational characteristic.
Stimulus Equivalence
- Refers to accurate responding to untrained stimulus-stimulus relations after reinforcement of responses to specific relations.
Testing for Stimulus Equivalence
- Three methods include reflexivity (matching the same stimulus), symmetry (reversibility of the relation), and transitivity (if A=B and B=C, then A=C).
Generalized Identity Matching
- Another term for reflexivity; involves matching a stimulus to itself.
Matching-to-Sample
- A procedure used to explore conditional relations and assess stimulus equivalence.
Prompts
- Supplemental antecedent stimuli that help elicit a correct response in the presence of an SD, aiming for eventual control by natural stimuli.
Major Forms of Response Prompts
- Includes verbal instructions, modeling, and physical guidance as effective prompting methods.
Procedures for Transferring Stimulus Control
- Involves strategies such as most-to-least prompts, graduated guidance, least-to-most prompts, and time delay to shift control from prompts to natural stimuli.
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