Chapter 12 Discrimination

Question 1

S-delta

Answer 1

A stimulus in the presents of which

A particular response will not be reinforced or punished

Question 2

Discriminative stimulus SD

Answer 2

A stimulus in the presence of which

A particular response will be reinforced or punished

Question 3

Discrimination-training procedure

Answer 3

Reinforcing or punishing a response
In the presence of one stimulus 
And extinguishing it 
Or allowing it to recover
In the presence of another stimulus

Question 4

Stimulus discrimination (stimulus control)

Answer 4

The occurrence of a response more frequently in the presence of one stimulus
Than in the presence of another
Usually as a result of a discrimination training procedure

Question 5

Incidental teaching

Answer 5

The planned use of 
Behavioral contingencies 
Differential reinforcement and 
Discrimination training
In the student’s everyday environment

Question 6

Tacting

Answer 6

Behavioral term for naming

Question 7

Verbal behavior

Answer 7

The behavior term for language

Question 8

Manding

Answer 8

The behavioral term for asking

Question 9

Prompt

Answer 9

A supplemental stimulus

That raises the probability of a correct response

Question 10

Operandum (manipulandum)

Answer 10

The part of the environment

The organism operates (manipulates)