Stimulus Control

Question 1

Concept formation

Answer 1

Complex example of stimulus control that requires both stimulus generalisation within a class of stimuli and discrimination between classes of stimuli.

Question 2

Antecedent stimulus class

Answer 2

A set of stimuli that share a common relationship - will evoke or elicit same response

Question 3

Feature stimulus class

Answer 3

Stimuli that share common physical forms or common relative relations

Question 4

Arbitrary stimulus class

Answer 4

Evoke the same response but they do not share a common stimulus feature.

Question 5

Prompts

Answer 5

Supplementary antecedent stimuli used to occasion a correct response in the presence of an SD that will eventually control the behaviour

Question 6

Response prompts

Answer 6

Operate directly to the response

Question 7

Stimulus prompts

Answer 7

Operate directly on the antecedent task stimuli to cue a correct response in conjunction with the critical Sd.

Question 8

Procedures for transferring stimulus control from response prompts to naturally existing stimuli

Answer 8

1. Most-to-least
2. Graduated guidance
3. Least-to-most
4. Time delay

Question 9

Stimulus fading

Answer 9

Hi lighting a physical dimension (e.g. colour, shape, position) of a stimulus to increase the likelihood of a correct response

Question 10

Stimulus shape transformation

Answer 10

An initial stimulus shape that will prompt the correct response is gradually changer to form the natural stimulus while maintaining correct responding.

Question 11

Stimulus control

Answer 11

Occurs when the rate, latency, duration or amplitude of a response is altered in the presence of an antecedent stimulus

Question 12

Discriminative stimuli and motivating operation similarities

Answer 12

1. Both events occur BEFORE the behaviour of interest

2. Both events have EVOCATIVE functions

Question 13

Stimulus generalisation

Answer 13

The general tendency of stimuli that share similar physical properties with the controlling A stimilus to evoke the same B

Question 14

Stimulus generalisation gradient

Answer 14

Graphically depicts the degree of stimulus generalisation and discrimination by showing the extent to which responses reinforced in one stimulus condition are emitted in presence of untrained stimuli

Question 15

Stimulus equivalence

Answer 15

the emergence of accurate responding to untrained and non-reinforced stimulus-stimulus relations following the reinforcement of responses to some other stimulus-stimulus relations.