PSY 011 Lecture 7: Psych Discrimination and Generalization
27 Sep 2016
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The effects of extinction, punishment, and reinforcement are dependent upon situations. Behavior will be reinforced or punished in speci c circumstances; behavior will occur again or cease occurring based on antecedents. Only previously reinforced behaviors can be punished or extinguished. Behaviors may be acceptable in some situations but not in others. Discrimination discriminative stimulus (s^d)- an antecedent stimulus that will indicate to an individual that a behavior will be met with reinforcement. S-delta- an antecedent stimulus that will let an individual know that a behavior will not be reinforced. A type of behavioral modi cation where behaviors are reinforced after the presence or presentation of a discriminative stimulus. A step further may be to introduce behaviors that are s-deltas and not reinforce the behavior to further drive in the learning process. Skinner"s 3 term contingency - 1) antecedent 2) behavior 3) consequences. A behavior will present itself in situations where the discriminative stimulus is similar to other stimuli.
