Stimulus Control Discrimination And Generalization

Stimulus generalization stimulus discrimination can be contrasted with a similar phenomenon known as stimulus generalization.

Stimulus control discrimination and generalization. Generalization can be increased by providing the stimulus and training in a variety of places failure to generalize as positive this is useful for human to distinguish the way to behave in certain situations not telling jokes from the locker room at family dinner. Contextual control of stimulus generalization and stimulus equivalence in hierarchical categorization. As a result you tense up and feel nervous every time you see a dog.

The dog is a stimulus which triggers a specific. Generalization discrimination stimulus control generalization howard studied hard for his math test and found that what he learned helped him on his physics test. For example let s say you were bitten by a dog when you were a young child.

Psychology s definition of discrimination is when the same organism responds differently to different stimuli. When two stimuli are physically very similar considerable generalization will occur between such stimuli and good discrimination behavior will be difficult. Howard benefitted from transfer.

In classical conditioning for example stimulus generalization would involve being unable to distinguish between the conditioned stimulus and other similar stimuli. Stimulus control develops through a process of stimulus discrimination training in which the behavior is reinforced in the presence of one stimulus or stimulus class but is not reinforced when other stimuli are present o the antecedent stimulus that is not reinforced is called an s delta. Griffee k dougher m.