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Stimulus
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An energy change that effects an organism through its receptor cells
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Stimulus control
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When the rate, latency, amplitude or duration of a response is altered in the presence of an antecedent stimulus
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Stimulus class
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A group of stimuli that share specific common elements along formal, temporal and/or functional dimensions.
Ex. respond the same to different stimili, different phone rings still answer phone Evokes SAME response |
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Conditioned stimulus (CS)
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A formerly neutral stimulus that elicits respondent behavior only after it has been paired with an unconditioned stimulus or another conditioned reflex
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Discriminated stimulus
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Stimulus in the presence of which responses of some type have been reinforced and in the absence of which the same type of responses have not been reinforced.
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Unconditioned stimulus
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A stimulus change that increases the frequency of any behavior that immediately precedes it.
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Stimulus discrimination training
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Responses are reinforced in the presence of the Sd but not in the presence of the S delta. The person will learn not to respond in the presence of the S delta.
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Stimulus delta
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A stimulus in the presence of which a behavior has NOT been reinforced
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Stimulus generalization
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When an antecedent stimulus has a history of evoking a response that has been reinforced in its presence, the same type of behavior tends to be evoked by stimuli that share similar physical properties with the controlling antecedent stimuli.
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Feature stimulus class
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Stimuli that share common physical forms or structures or relative relationships. "made from wood"
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