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Stimulus discrimination

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The tendency for behavior to have different frequencies in different situations.

Outfit presentation for class vs. job interview

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Discriminative Stimulus

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Any event in the presence of which a target behavior is likely to have consequences that affect its frequency

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sD

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An event in the presence of which the target behavior is reinforced.

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Ess Delta🔺

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An event in the presence of which the target behavior is not reinforced.

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sD vs S🔺

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sD: Indicates a high probability of reinforcement of the target behavior.
S🔺: Indicates a low probability of reinforcement of the behavior.

sDs are correlated with reinforcement: S🔺 are correlated with extinction punishment

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sD: Operant behavior:

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8+3 = is an sD for saying “eleven”

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Discriminative Training:

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Any procedure that results in a target behavior having different frequencies in different situations.

It involves reinforcing a behavior in the presence of an sad.

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Simultaneously Discriminative Training

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A person is presented with a choice.

Presented a banana and apple to a kid and then say “point to banana.”

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Successive Discrimination Training

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The discriminative stimuli are presented one after the other.
Apple first, then ask what’s this? Provide consequences, then present banana… etc

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Errorless Discrimination Training

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You present s🔺in a very weak form and gradually increase its strength.

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Rules for discrimination Training

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  1. Define the target behavior
  2. Select appropriate discriminative stimuli and their consequences.
  3. Present the sD and s🔺 with appropriate consequences.
  4. Monitor Results
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Stimulus Control

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The tendency for the target behavior to occur in the presence of an sD(appropriate situation) and not in the presence of s🔺(inappropriate)