Week 4-Stimulus Control

Question 1

Controlling Stimulus (S)

Answer 1

-any stimulus/event that changes probability of operant behaviour

Question 2

Discriminative Stimulus (Sd)

Answer 2

Stimulus/event precedes operant and sets occasion for its reinforcement

Question 3

Extinction Stimulus (S^)delta

Answer 3

-stimulus/event precedes operant and sets occasion for non-reinforcement

Question 4

Discrimination gradient

Answer 4

Precise control

Question 5

Generalization gradient

Answer 5

Less precise control

Question 6

Antecedents

Answer 6

Stimuli/events that precede an operant response

Question 7

Stimulus control

Answer 7

Behaviour more likely to occur when specific antecedent stimulus present.

Question 8

Stimulus class

Answer 8

Red strawberries