Chapter 17

Question 1

Discriminative Stimulus

Answer 1

Signals that reinforcement is available.

Question 2

Stimulus Delta

Answer 2

Signals that reinforcement is not available.

Question 3

Stimulus Control

Answer 3

Behavior that occurs more often in the presence of a stimulus than without it.

Question 4

Stimulus Discrimination

Answer 4

When an organism responds to an SD and does not respond to a stimulus delta.

Question 5

Stimulus Generalization

Answer 5

Refers to the extent to which stimuli other than the SD acquire stimulus control over the behavior. Stimuli sharing similar physical properties with the SD are most likely to acquire evocative function.

Question 6

Stimulus Generalization Gradient

Answer 6

Graphically depicts the degree of stimulus generalization and discrimination by showing the extent to which responses reinforced in one stimulus condition are emitted in the presence of untrained stimuli.

Question 7

Faulty Stimulus Control

Answer 7

Occurs when a behavior comes under the restricted control of an irrelevant antecedent stimulus.

Question 8

Conditioned Discrimination

Answer 8

The response that will produce reinforcement in the presence of a particular stimulus depends on (is conditional on) the presence or absence of other stimuli.

Question 9

Stimulus Discrimination Training

Answer 9

Entails a multiple schedule with antecedent stimulus conditions representing each component schedule. Responses in the presence of one stimulus condition is reinforced, responses in the presence of the other stimulus are not reinforced.

Question 10

Concept

Answer 10

Is defined by a set of shared features found in each example of the concept

Question 11

Antecedent Stimulus Class

Answer 11

Set of stimuli that share a common relationship.

Question 12

Feature Stimulus Class

Answer 12

Share common physical forms or common relative relations. Feature stimulus classes include an infinite number of stimuli and constitute a larger portion of our conceptual behavior.

Question 13

Arbitrary Stimulus Class

Answer 13

Evoke the same response, but they do not share a common stimulus feature.

Question 14

Response Prompts

Answer 14

Operate Directly on the response to cue to correct response

Question 15

Stimulus Prompts

Answer 15

Operate directly on antecedent task stimuli to cue a correct response in conjunction with the critical SD

Question 16

Overselective Stimulus Control

Answer 16

The range of discriminative stimuli or stimulus features controlling behavior is extremely limited

Question 17

Stimulus Blocking

Answer 17

Even though one stimulus has acquired stimulus control over behavior, a competiting stimulus can block the evocative function of that stimulus.

Question 18

Overshadowing

Answer 18

The most salient component of a compound stimulus arrangement controls responding and interferes with the acquisition of stimulus control by the more relvant stimulus.

Question 19

Time Delay

Answer 19

Procedure begins with simultaneous presentation of the target stimulus and response prompt. After the student has responded correctly for several trials, the teacher inserts a delay between the instructional stimulus and the response prompt until the student emits the unprompted correct response.

Question 20

Progressive Time Delay

Answer 20

Starts with simultaneous presentation of natural stimulus and the response prompts, several sec trials before increasing the time delay.

Question 21

Stimulus Fading

Answer 21

Involves highlighting a physical dimension of a stimulus to increase the likelihood of a correct response.