Stimulus Control

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Stimulus Control

• The degree to which a particular behavior occurs
  in the presence of a stimulus and does not occur
  in the absence of the stimulus.

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Terminology of Stimulus Control

• Discriminative stimulus
• SD
• S?
• Operant response
• Reinforcement
• - Positive reinforcement
• - Negative reinforcement
• Reinforcement Schedule
• Shaping

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Simultaneous Discriminations Choice Behavior

• The Matching Law
• B1 R1
• B1 B2 R1 R2

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Choice Commitment

• Rachlin Green Experiment
• Immediate Choice -
• Red gt immediate small reward
• Green gt delayed large reward
• Delayed Choice
• white/left gt Immediate Choice
• white/right gt Delayed Reward