PSYC 340 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Stimulus Control, Classical Conditioning, Binary Relation
8 Nov 2016
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Conditional relation- a relation in which the significance of one stimulus or event depends on the status of another stimulus. Configural cue approach- an approach to the analysis of stimulus control which assumes that organisms respond to a compound stimulus as an integral whole rather than a collection of separate and independent stimulus elements. Discriminative stimulus- a stimulus that controls the performance of instrumental behavior because it signals the availability (or non availability) of reinforcement. Excitatory generalization gradient- a gradient of responding that is observed when organisms are tested with the s+ from a discrimination procedure and with stimuli that increasingly differ from the s+. Typically the highest level of responding occurs to the s+; progressively less responding occurs to stimuli that increasingly differ from the s+. Facilitation- a procedure in which one cue designates when another cue will be reinforced.
