PSYB45H3 Study Guide - Classical Conditioning
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Antecedents: stimulus events tht precede an operant response. A behavr continues to occur in situations in which it has been reinforced or has been punished in the past. A behavior more likely to occur when a specific antecedent was present. A behavior is under stimulus ctrl when there is an increased probability tht the behavior will occur in the presence of a specific antecedent stimulus or a stimulus from a specific stimulus (red strawberries frm example) Discriminative stimulus: antecedent is present when a behavior is reinforced stimulus discrimination training: the process of reinforcing a behavior only when a specific antecedent stimulus is present. Involves 2 steps: when sd is present, the behavior is present. And when any other antecedent stimuli except the sd are present, the behaviour is not reinforced. During discrimination training, any antecedent stimulus tht is present when the behavior is not reinforced is called an s-delta.
