discriminative stimulus


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Noun1.discriminative stimulus - a stimulus that provides information about what to do
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stimulant, stimulus, stimulation, input - any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action
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These results are also compatible with the suggestions by Keller and Schoenfeld (1950) that the stimulus to be conditioned through operant discrimination must be established as a discriminative stimulus if it is to function as a conditioned reinforcer.
Conditioned Reinforcement: the Effectiveness of Stimulus--Stimulus Pairing and Operant Discrimination Procedures
The side keys (left and right) could be illuminated either green (Discriminative Stimulus, DS or S+) or red (Delta Stimulus, [DELTA]S or S-).
The effect of varied reinforcement on acquisition and extinction speed/Efecto del reforzamiento variado en la velocidad de adquisicion y extincion
These interactions can and must be avoided because the handling of the researchers may be functioning as a discriminative stimulus. Also, the intensity of the electric shocks (6.3 mA) administered to the animals can be significantly decreased.
Social interaction and conditional self-discrimination under a paradigm of avoidance and positive reinforcement in Wistar rats/Interaccion social y auto-discriminacion condicional bajo un paradigma de reforzamiento positivo y evitacion en ratas Wistar
They found positive transfer between a discriminative stimulus trained with one instrumental response and a different instrumental response that shared the outcome, uncovering the role of the SD-O association in controlling instrumental performance.
Associative relationships in human predictive learning
The additional diagnostic procedure superimposes an additional discriminative stimulus on each word.
Stimulus overselectivity: empirical basis and diagnostic methods
A discriminative stimulus sets an occasion for a response that has characteristically received reinforcement in the past.
Language and grammar: a behavioral analysis
That is, if one learns to directly tact "Juice" in the presence of the discriminative stimulus (picture of juice), they may not emit the mand or "Juice" given relevant EO (cup of juice).
The effects of daily intensive tact instruction on the emission of pure mands and tacts in non-instructional settings by three preschool children with developmental delays
Discriminative stimulus effects of mu and kappa opioids in the pigeon: analysis of the effects of full and partial mu and kappa agonists.
Comparative anesthetic and cardiopulmonary effects of pre- versus postoperative butorphanol administration in hispaniolan Amazon parrots (Amazona ventralis) anesthetized with sevoflurane
On the other hand, an odor may serve as a discriminative stimulus rather than a conditioned stimulus.
A 37-Year-Old Mechanic with Multiple Chemical Sensitivities
Skinner[30] also posits that operants often come under the control of a discriminative stimulus which acts by signalling the availability of reinforcement contingent on the emission of a response.
Behaviourism in the study of salesperson-customer interactions
Perhaps the most important of these is that if females never encounter a negative discriminative stimulus during sexual imprinting (a mother in our example), then we would expect no elaboration of their sexual preferences.
A product of discriminative learning may lead to female preferences for elaborate males
Correct responding for match-to-sample trials was operationally defined as touching the discriminative stimulus (SD) within 3 s of stimulus presentation.
Acquisition of Complex Conditional Discriminations in a Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder

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