Exam 9: Responding at the Right Time and Place: Stimulus Discrimination and Stimulus Generalization

What do we mean by stimulus equivalence class? Give an example that is not in this chapter.

Give an example of how ignorance of stimulus discrimination training may lead parents or other caregivers to develop an undesirable behavior in a child or adult in their care.

What is a primary distinction between stimulus generalization involving common-element stimulus classes and stimulus generalization involving stimulus equivalence classes?

State the two effects of stimulus discrimination training.

What do we mean by an error in stimulus discrimination training?

Define stimulus generalization, and give an example that is not in this chapter.

In a sentence, state the difference between an instance of stimulus discrimination and an instance of stimulus generalization.

In general, what is a contingency? Give an example that is not in this chapter.