B11 Define & Provide Examples of Discrimination, Generalization & Maintenance Part 3 Flashcards
Stimulus generalization occurs when
An established behavior occurs in a new situation
If a child enters the kitchen where cookies are cooling on the counter… the presence of the child’s mother is
A conditional stimulus that determines which response will result in getting a cookie
The effectiveness of discriminative stimuli derives from
A learner’s history of reinforcement, punishment, and/or extinction when those stimuli have been present.
Differential reinforcement.
The consequences associated with those stimuli.
Stimulus discrimination procedures in practice usually involve
All the above:
Withholding reinforcement for responses to noncritical properties of a stimulus.
Withholding reinforcement for responses to stimuli that do not have the critical features of the SD.
Reinforcing responses to stimuli that have the critical features of the natural SD.
Stimulus discrimination can be broadly defined as
Restricting the range of stimuli that evoke a particular behavior.
Tighter stimulus control.
In a conditional discrimination, a discriminated operant is reinforced or not reinforced depending on
The presence of another antecedent stimulus
Response generalization occurs when
A new behavior produces the same effect as an established behavior
Discrimination is evident when
A particular behavior occurs in the presence, but not in the absence, of a particular stimulus or stimulus property.
A particular behavior is more likely to occur in the presence of the Sds and in the absence of the Sdeltas
Stimulus discrimination procedures in practice usually involve reinforcing responses to stimuli that have
The critical features of the natural Sd
A game leader gives an instruction… the fourth term in this contingency is
The statement “Simon says”
A pigeon’s pecking of a red key… the green key is
An SD when the chamber lights are OFF and on Sdelta when they are ON
A conditional discrimination is
A four term contingency:
- conditional stimuli
- antecedent stimuli
- response
- consequence
Stimulus discrimination procedures in practice usually involve reinforcing responses to
Increasingly fewer properties of a stimulus
Stimulus discrimination occurs when
An established behavior occurs in one situation but not another
Which of the following is most likely to result in discrimination?
Mr. Stalling gives out gum to students, but MR. Merriweather gives detentions to students chewing gum.
Talking is ignored when the teacher is at her desk, but reprimanded when she is at the chalkboard.
Asking to go outside is rewarded when the weather is warm.
