PSYCH 1X03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Reinforcement, Classical Conditioning
22 Jun 2016
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The response is typically voluntary by the subject. Generalization o like in classical conditioning, the subject may react to stimulus that is similar to the discriminative stimulus: the closer in resemblance the discriminative stimulus is, the higher the rate of response. The further the resemblance of discriminative stimulus, the lower the rate of response: in the presence of adults that resemble a child"s parents, the child may behave more politely in order to get praise. Stimulus that appear to be similar to the. Discriminative stimulus do not present positive reinforcement to a generated response in behaviour. Eventually the subject will learn to disassociate the generalized stimulus and not perform a particular response. The response will only be generated in this case when the exact discriminative stimulus is present. Sd and s-delta o experiments conducted with s-delta and sd produce more effective results that can be analyzed by a generalization gradient.
