According to the peak shift effect, the peak of a generalization gradient following discrimination training will shift from the _____ to a stimulus that is further removed from the _____.
A) SR; SD
B) SD; SR
C) SD; S
D) S; SD
Question 2When her baby cries, Martha understands what he needs even before she goes to him. Martha's skill is best described as resulting from an intensive process of _____.
A) discrimination training
B) errorless discrimination training
C) generalization training
D) fading
Question 3In an experiment, a rat receives food when it presses a lever in the presence of a 1100-Hz tone but not in the presence of a 1300-Hz tone. The 1100-Hz tone acts as the _____ while the 1300-Hz tone acts as the _____.
A) S; SD
B) SD; S
C) SR; SD
D) SD; SR
Question 4In an experiment, a pigeon receives food whenever it pecks a green key and not when it pecks a yellow key. In this experiment, the green key acts as the _____ while the yellow key acts as the _____.
A) SD; S
B) S; SD
C) SD; SR
D) SR; SD
Question 5On a discrimination training task with pigeons, key pecks are reinforced in the presence of the _____ and not in the presence of the _____.
A) S; SD
B) SD; SR
C) SR; SP
D) SD; S
Question 6Most students will raise their hands to ask a question in a classroom but will not raise their hands to ask a question in the library. The classroom acts as the _____ for the behavior of raising a hand, while the library acts as the _____ for the same behavior.
A) S; SD
B) SD; SR
C) SR; SP
D) SD; S
Question 7Discrimination training involves
A) reinforcing a behavior in the presence of one stimulus and not another.
B) sequential exposure to many different stimuli.
C) continual exposure to only one stimulus.
D) fading of the SD.