Fill in the Blanks with Correct Behavioral Psychology Terms Flashcards

The field of cognition of behavior under _____ control.

A stimulus is anything that affects the person's _____.

The first tactic in using the stimulus control strategy is to narrow stimulus control through _____ training.

Discrimination training is a procedure where a behavior is _____ in the presence on one stimulus and _____ in the presence of another stimulus.

A stimulus that precedes a behavior and is present only if reinforcement will occur for that behavior is called a _____.

A stimulus that precedes the behavior and is present only if extinction will occur for that behavior is called the _____.

A behavior that is more likely to occur in the presence of the SD than in the presence of the S-delta is called a _____ behavior.

Stimulus control is the ______ probability of a discriminated behavior produced by a stimulus.

When a batter adjusts his/her swing depending on the spin of the ball, we say that the spin is exerting _____ control over their swing.

Because seeing a marked item comes before paying the youth, a marked item is called a(n) _____ for the supervisor to pay the youth.

The increased probability of taking the problem-solving steps when faced with a problem is called _____ control.

The first stage of teaching carlos involved showing him a written word and asking him to say that word. for example, if carlos said "car" when they showed him the word car, they reinforced him. if he said "car" when they showed him the word cat, they did not reinforce him. instead, they corrected him. because they reinforced a behavior in the presence of one stimulus and extinguished it in the presence of another stimulus, the researchers were using discrimination _____.

If bob's presence prompted paul to play cooperatively, then his presence exerts _____ control over his cooperative play

Stimulus equivalence refers to people responding as though one stimulus is _____ to another unrelated stimulus.

The SD always occurs _____ the behavior