FRHD 3150 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Classical Conditioning, Stimulus Control, Equivalence Class
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Learning to respond at the right time and place. Any situation in which behavior occurs can be analyzed in terms of three sets of events: (a) antecedent stimuli: the stimuli that exist just prior to the occurrence of the. Chapter 8 behavior, (b) the behavior itself (c) the consequences of the behavior. Abc (antecedents, behavior, and consequences) assessment: identifying the antecedents and consequences of a behavior. Stimulus control: to refer to the degree of correlation between the occurrence of a particular stimulus and the occurrence of a subsequent response. Good or effective stimulus control: a strong correlation between the occurrence of a particular stimulus and a particular response -when the stimulus occurs, the response is likely to follow. Discriminative stimulus: stimulus for reinforcement: sd is a stimulus in the presence of which a response will be reinforced, stimulus for extinction: sa is a stimulus in the presence of which a response will not be reinforced.