MEMORY AND LEARNING UNIT 5 - Operant Stimulus Control and Motivating Operations

stimulus discrimination/stimulus control? 1 pt

a response occurs more frequently in the presence of a certain stimulus than in the presence of another as a result of discrimination training; stimulus controls a response

discriminative stimulus (Sd)? 1 pt

an antecedent stimulus that is associated with a reinforcer; deals with opportunity for reinforcement/punishment rather than the opportunity to respond

delta stimulus? 1 pt

a stimulus in the presence of which a particular reponse will not be reinforced or punished; acquire their reinforcing value through learning and association with primary reinforcers

non-discriminated contingency? 1 pt

the access or removal of a reinforcer does not depend on the antecedent stimulus

negative punishment vs extinction? 1 pt

negative punshiment entails the removal of the reponse by removing the reinforcer while extinction entails hacing no access to what maintains a response

motivation? 1 pt

probability of a reponse to occur

motivating operation? 1 pt

a change in the environment that alters the probability of a reponse by changing the value of a reinforcer

establishing operation vs abolishing operation? 2 pts

1. establishing- increases the value of a reinforcer

2. abolishing- decreases the value of a reinforcer

dispositional variable? 1 pt

alters the probability of behavior because of a characteristic of the orgnaism or the environment e.g. extroverted people are more likely to engage socially and feel joy in social situations than introverted people

discrminative stimulus vs motivating operation? 2 pts

1. Sd- related with the differential access/removal of a reinforcer

2. MO- related with the differential effectivity of a reinforcer