Lesson 16

Question 1

What does antecedent mean?

Answer 1

A stimulus that occurs before a behavior.

Question 2

Technical definition of S-D:

Answer 2

Discriminative stimulus: antecedent stimulus that increases the probability of a specific behavior because, in the past, that behavior has been reinforced in the presence of that stimulus.

Question 3

Technical definition of S-Delta:

Answer 3

Antecedent stimulus that decreases the probability of a specific behavior because, in the past, that behavior has not been reinforced

Question 4

Technical definition of discrimination training.

Answer 4

A procedure where a behavior is reinforced in the presence of one stimulus and extinguished in the presence of another stimulus.

Question 5

What is the three term contingency?

Answer 5

Antecedent-> behavior-> consequence

Question 6

What is a stimulus?

Answer 6

Anything that you can sense and that can potentially influence behavior.