ABA503 - Chapter 8: Stimulus Control
reinforcement in the presence of one stimulus (SD) but not in other settings (S-delta) during a
discrimination procedure - ANS-differential reinforcement
the function (graph) that relates values of the SD to a measure of response strength -
ANS-generalization gradient
when the rate of response in an unchanged component of a multiple schedule increases with a
decline in behavior in other schedules - ANS-positive contrast
occurs when an operant, reinforced in the presence of a specific discriminative stimulus, is also
emitted in the presence of other stimuli - ANS-stimulus generalization
an inverse relationship between the response rates for two components of a multiple schedule,
as one goes up, the other goes down - ANS-behavioral contrast
when an organism responds to values of the SD that were not trained during acquisition -
ANS-generalization
two or more basic schedules presented sequentially, each component schedule is signaled by
discriminative stimuli - ANS-multiple schedule
a change in operant behavior that occurs when either an SD or S-delta is presented. when an
SD is presented, the probability of response increases, and when an S-delta is given, operant
behavior has a low probability of occurrence - ANS-stimulus control
when the rate of response in an unchanged component of a multiple schedule decreases with
an increase in behavior in the other component - ANS-negative contrast
a stimulus or event that precedes the occurrence of an operant response that alters the
probability of the operant - ANS-controlling stimulus
when operants are regulated by the physical properties of one stimulus - ANS-absolute stimulus
control
a stimulus that sets the occasion for a decrease in operant responses - ANS-extinction stimulus
a shift that occurs in the peak of a generalization gradient away from an extinction (S-delta)
stimulus - ANS-peak shift
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