Topic 7 Flashcards
three- term contingency
- ABC
- particular antecedent cue or signal, specific behavior will be followed by certain consequence
antecedent
stimuli that precede a behavioral response
- provide context in which consequence occurs
- all are stimuli
immediate antecedents
occur right before or overlap with behavior
distant antecedents
stimuli that precede behavior by long time- affects for a long time
what is every antecedent?
either overt or covert and immediate or distant
stimulus control
extent to which antecedent stimulus can influence performance of a specific behavior
what happens when stimulus exercises high degree of stimulus control?
behavior is highly likely to occur in presence of cue
stimulus class
related stimuli that have same effect on behavior
stimulus discrimination training
admin certain consequence for specific behavior when stimulus is present
- S^D present
- behavior reinforced
- any other antecedent stimulus present means behavior is not reinforced
- can occur with punishment
when is behavior reinforced?
when discriminative stimulus is present
- S^D = increases likelihood the behavior occurs
- for S^D to evoke behavior the EO must be present
when is behavior not reinforced?
in presence of any other antecedent stimulus
Holland and Skinner
pigeon placed in operant conditioning chamber
- food reinforces behavior (red light = S^D)
3-term contingency notion
S^D - response - S^R (reinforcing stimulus)
S- delta - response - nothing
stimulus generalization
occurs when stimulus similar to S^D produces behavior
generalization gradient
stimuli most similar to S^D produce the strongest response
stimulus equivalence
2+ diff stimuli that can be used for same purpose
- four, IV, 4
what behavior can be developed through stimulus discrimination training?
- reading and spelling
- saying wrong = conditioned punisher
shaping
Schaefer got the monkeys to engage in head banging and reinforced behavior with food
match to sample
present a sample stimulus and an array of comparison stimuli
- child looks at sample stimulus and asks them to choose the correct stimulus from comparison stimuli
- provide reinforcer when child chooses the stimulus that matches sample stimulus
conditioned discrimination
when response to one stimulus is correct only when another is present also
symmetry
one aspect of stimulus equivalence
- A= B and now able to do B = A without training
transitvity
A = B and B = C and now can do A = C and C = A without training
emergent stimulus relations or derived stimulus relations
when participants can demonstrate conditional discriminations without specific training
