Stimulus Control - Discrimination and Generalization (Chapter 7 Practice Quiz 1)

An antecedent stimulus that is present when a behavior is reinforced is called a(n) ____________.

Discriminative Stimulus

An antecedent stimulus that is present when a behavior is not reinforced is called a(n) ____________.

SΔ

____________ is when a behavior is more likely to occur in the presence of a specific antecedent stimulus.

Stimulus Control

How do you develop stimulus control?

Discrimination Training

What are the three components of a three-term contingency?

Antecedent, Behavior, and Consequence.

In ______________, you reinforce a behavior when the SD is present and do not reinforce the behavior when the SΔ is present.

Stimulus discrimination training

When Alvaro asks for cookies and is told he can't have any, he screams. When he screams, his mom eventually gives him a cookie. However, his dad never gives him a cookie when he screams. As a result, Alvaro is more likely to scream for a cookie when his mom is around.

What is the SD for Alvaro's screaming?

His mom's presence.

When Alvaro asks for cookies and is told he can't have any, he screams. When he screams, his mom eventually gives him a cookie. However, his dad never gives him a cookie when he screams. As a result, Alvaro is more likely to scream for a cookie when his mom is around.

What is the SΔ for Alvaro's screaming?

His dad's presence.

When Alvaro asks for cookies and is told he can't have any, he screams. When he screams, his mom eventually gives him a cookie. However, his dad never gives him a cookie when he screams. As a result, Alvaro is more likely to scream for a cookie when his mom is around.

What is the reinforcer for Alvaro's screaming?

Cookies

When Alvaro asks for cookies and is told he can't have any, he screams. When he screams, his mom eventually gives him a cookie. However, his dad never gives him a cookie when he screams. As a result, Alvaro is more likely to scream for a cookie when his mom is around.

Is this an example of positive or negative reinforcement for screaming?

Positive

A discriminative stimulus is an antecedent that is present when a behavior is _______________.

Reinforced

As a result of discrimination training, what happens in the future when an SD is present?

The behavior will occur.

______________ is developed through the process of stimulus discrimination training.

Stimulus Control

In discrimination training, the behavior is not reinforced when the ______________ is present.

S-Delta

____________ takes place when a behavior occurs in the presence of stimuli that are similar to the SD.

Generalization

Marianna steals candy in the store when a clerk is not in sight because she gets away with it. She does not steal candy when a clerk is in sight because she does not get away with it.

What is the SD for stealing candy?

The clerk is not in sight.

Marianna steals candy in the store when a clerk is not in sight because she gets away with it. She does not steal candy when a clerk is in sight because she does not get away with it.

What is the SΔ for stealing candy?

The clerk is in sight.

Farley says "reinforcement" when the professor provides an example of reinforcement. They do not say "reinforcement" when the professor provides an example of some other behavioral principle.

What is the SD for saying "reinforcement"?

An example of reinforcement is present.

Farley says "reinforcement" when the professor provides an example of reinforcement. They do not say "reinforcement" when the professor provides an example of some other behavioral principle.

What is the SΔ for saying "reinforcement"?

There is no example of reinforcement.

Farley says "reinforcement" when the professor provides an example of reinforcement. They do not say "reinforcement" when the professor provides an example of some other behavioral principle.

What is it called when Farley can label a novel example of reinforcement correctly?

Generalization.

An SΔ is an antecedent stimulus that is present when a behavior is ____________.

Not reinforced.

Stimulus control develops through the process of ____________.

Stimulus discrimination training.

In discrimination training, a behavior is reinforced when the ___________ is present.

Discriminative stimulus

Generalization takes place when the behavior occurs in the presence of stimuli that are ____________ to the SD.

Similar

When Patty hears thunder at school, she cries, and her classmates ignore her. When Patty hears thunder at home, she cries, and her parents hold her and comfort her. As a result, she cries at home but not at school when she hears thunder.

What is the SΔ for Patty's crying when she hears thunder?

Her classmates ignore her.

When Patty hears thunder at school, she cries, and her classmates ignore her. When Patty hears thunder at home, she cries, and her parents hold her and comfort her. As a result, she cries at home but not at school when she hears thunder.

What is the SD for Patty's crying when she hears thunder?

Her parents hold and comfort her.

When Patty hears thunder at school, she cries, and her classmates ignore her. When Patty hears thunder at home, she cries, and her parents hold her and comfort her. As a result, she cries at home but not at school when she hears thunder.

What behavioral process is illustrated in this example?

Positive Reinforcement.

When Patty hears thunder at school, she cries, and her classmates ignore her. When Patty hears thunder at home, she cries, and her parents hold her and comfort her. As a result, she cries at home but not at school when she hears thunder.

If Patty cried when she heard thunder at her grandparents' house, we would say that ______________ had occurred.

Generalization

Provide an example of stimulus control.

A girl leaves her laundry on the floor when her parents aren't home but picks her laundry up when her parents are home.