PSYB45H3 : ch 11
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Ch 11: gett ing a new sequence of behaviors. To oocur wit h behav ioral chain ing. behavioral chain is a sequence of discriminative stimuli (s ds) & responses (rs) in which each response except the last produces the s d for the next response & the last response is followed by a reinforcer. each s d (after the 1st) in a behavioral chain is a conditioned reinforcer for the pervious response. a stimulus response chain writing out as follows: the stimulus-response connections are the links that hold the chain together. chain will be broken at the point of its weakest link. the only way in which to repair the chain is to strengthen the weak stimulus- response connection by means of effective training procedure. the symbol s+ at the far right of the diagram symbolizes the positive reinforcer that follow the last response in the chain.
