Discrimination and Generalization in Operant Conditioning & Applications of Operant Conditioning - Chapter 6

Question 1

Discriminative Stimulus

Answer 1

• Is a cue or event that indicates a response, that if
  made, will be reinforced
  
  • Delayed reinforcement
    reduces strength of stimulus-response pairing

Question 2

Shaping

Answer 2

• A procedure in which a
  specific operant response is
  created by reinforcing successive approximations of that response
  
  • Chaining

Question 3

Applications of Operant Conditioning

Answer 3

• Applied behaviour analysis (ABA)
  
  • Used with developmental conditions (e.g., autism)
  • Used to shape desirable
    behaviours