Stimulus Control Review Questions with Verified Solutions Rated 100%
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Stimulus Control Review Questions with Verified Solutions Rated 100%
Stimulus Control - Answers Occurs when an individual behaves one way in the presence of a stimulus & another way in its absence.
Ex: Hearing music ----> Dancing
Reinforcers - Answers Consequences that increase a behavior...
Stimulus Control Review Questions with Verified Solutions Rated 100%
Stimulus Control - Answers Occurs when an individual behaves one way in the presence of a stimulus &
another way in its absence.
Ex: Hearing music ----> Dancing
Reinforcers - Answers Consequences that increase a behavior.
Punishers - Answers Consequences that weaken a behavior.
Antecedents - Answers Variables in the 3-term contingency that are said to be responsible for stimulus
control.
Operant Conditioning - Answers States that behavior is controlled by its consequences. Increases
because they are reinforced, & decreased because they are punished.
Discriminative Stimuli (SD) - Answers A stimulus that is delivered to provoke an individual to engage in a
particular behavior. Occurs right before a behavior.
Motivating Operations (MO) - Answers Antecedent events that alter the value of a reinforcer or
punisher.
Ex: Running in hot weather, water becomes reinforcing, runner engages in behavior to get water.
What best describes stimulus control? - Answers When an individual behaves one way in the presence
of a stimulus & differently in the presence of another.
Which part of the 3-contingency is the most responsible for exerting stimulus control over a particular
behavior? - Answers Antecedents
Stimulus Data - Answers Stimuli NOT intended to evoke behavior.
Stimulus Class - Answers A set of stimuli that share a common attribute.
Ex: Several items that are red used as stimuli to evoke the correct response to SD "Touch red".
Stimulus Equivalence - Answers Occurs when a response is correctly displayed in the presence of a
stimulus that has not been trained or reinforced.
Reflexivity - Answers The stimulus is matched to the target response with a distractor present.
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