PSYC 351 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Stimulus Control, Classical Conditioning, Color Blindness
21 Apr 2020
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Instrumental behavior has come under the control of a particular stimulus. One cannot always predict which of the various stimuli will gain control over its instrumental behavior. Stimulus discrimination and stimulus control stimulus generalization and stimulus generalization. The opposite of differential responding, or stimulus discrimination. Responded in much the same way regardless of what color was projected on the response key. All stimulus situations can be analyzed in terms of multiple features. Sensory capacity determines: which stimuli are included in an organism"s sensory world, what an organism is, or is not, able to perceive. If two stimuli are presented at the same time, the presence of the more easily trained stimulus may hinder learning about the other one. Stimulus elements versus configural cues in compound stimuli. Compound stimulus as composed of distinct elemental stimuli. Compound stimulus as an integral whole that is not divided into parts or elements.
