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BA&L Chapter 8
Stimulus Control
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Psychology
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12/13/2015

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Term
An S-Delta sets the occasion upon which a response is ________ reinforced.
A.sometimes
B. always
C. never
D. maybe
Definition
C. never
Term
An S-Delta does not cause or elicit the appearance of a response the way a _________ does.
A. UR
B. US
C. CS
D. CR
Definition
B. US
Term
In operant conditioning, what is the antecedent stimulus paired with reinforcement called?
A. S-Delta
B. S-R-S
C. sD
D. CS
Definition
C. sD
Term
A two-component schedule in which both components have separate stimuli is called a:
A. MIX
B. CONC
C. TAND
D. MULT
Definition
D. MULT
Term
To keep the onset of sD from reinforcing responses in S-Delta one needs to add a ______________ contingency.
A. EXT
B. IRT
C. DRO
D. PRP
Definition
C. DRO
Term
If reinforcers on one schedule are depleted an responding in another schedule increases, we call this:
A. negative contrast
B. positive contrast
C. subtitutability
D. anticipatory
Definition
B. positive contrast
Term
A change in maximal generalization responding, away from S-Delta to the other side of sD, is called:
A. gradient shift
B. relative control
C. stimulus control
D. peak shift
Definition
D. Peak shift
Term
A shaping procedure that gradually changes stimulus control from one element to another is called:
A. approximations
B. Fading
C. transfer
D. conditional discrimination
Definition
B. Fading
Term
If you trained a pigeon to turn in a circle when a TURN sign was presented, you could say that the bird was:
A. discriminating
B. conceptually oriented
C. reading
D. superstitious
Definition
C. reading
Term
With careful shaping and fading one might develop discrimination without:
A. reinforcement
B. extinction
C. contrast
D. errors
Definition
D. Errors
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