PSYCO282 Chapter Notes -Classical Conditioning, Stimulus Control, Operant Conditioning
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= stimuli or events that precede an operant response the antecedents of a behaviour are stimuli, events and situations that are resent when it occurs or present immediately before the behaviour. This chapter focuses on the abc"s of operant behaviour antecedents, behaviour, consequences. Developing stimulus control this is done by stimulus discrimination training. Developing reading and spelling with discrimination we learn to make correct reading responses through discrimination training stimulus control develops over our spelling behaviour stimulus discrimination training and punishment may occur with punishment. The three term contingency stimulus discrimination training involves a three term contingency. = the antecedent that is present when the behaviour occurs, the behaviour and the reinforcing consequence a 3 term contingency involves a relationship among the antecedent stimulus, a behaviour and the consequence of the behaviour often called the abc"s. S^d > r > s^r or s^p discriminative stimulus, reinforcement and reinforcer//punisher. Chapter 7 - stimulus control: discrimination and generalization.