Chapter 7: Stimulus Control

Question 1

Three term contingency

Answer 1

• ABCs of behavior
• antecedent , behavior, stimulus
  ex. phone rings, answer it, talk to person

Question 2

Antecedents

Answer 2

• include the stimuli, events, or situations before behavioural response
• all antecedents are stimuli
• overt or covoer, immediate or distant

Question 3

overt antecedents

Answer 3

stimuli, observable with senses

Question 4

covert antecedents

Answer 4

internal experience, not open to observation

ex. hungry, get a snack

Question 5

immediate antecedents

Answer 5

occur right before behaviour

Question 6

distant antecedents

Answer 6

stimuli often covert precede behavior by a long time

ex. abuse by spouse, avoid long term relationships

Question 7

Stimulus control

Answer 7

antecedent stimulus can influence performance of a specific behaviour

• when a stimulus exercises a high degree of stimulus control, the behaviour is likely to occur in the presence of the cue
  ex. occur in the presence of the cue

Question 8

stimulus class

Answer 8

related to the stimuli that have the same effect on the behaviour

Question 9

stimulus discrimination training

Answer 9

Administering a certain consequence for a specific behaviour when a particular stimulus is present, but not when another stimulus is present

Question 10

discriminative stimulus (Sd)

Answer 10

behaviour is reinforced

Question 11

antecedent stimulus (S-delta)

Answer 11

behaviour is not reinforced

Question 12

Three term contingency for (Sd) and (S-delta)

Answer 12

Sd, response, reinforcing stimulus

S-delta, response, nothing

Question 13

Stimulus generalization

Answer 13

occurs when a stimulus similar to the Sd also produces the behaviour

Question 14

generalization gradient

Answer 14

stimuli most similar to the Sd produce strangest response

Question 15

generalization gradient

Answer 15

stimuli most similar to the Sd produce the strongest response

Question 16

Stimulus equivalence

Answer 16

two or more different stimuli that can be used for the same purpose