Whenever Tommy has a babysitter and asks to stay up past his bedtime, the babysitter lets him. Whenever Tommy asks his parents to let him stay up past his bedtime, they do not let him. As a result, Tommy only asks the babysitter if he can stay up past his bedtime. The presence of the babysitter at bed time is referred to as a(n) __________ for asking to stay up late:
a. stimulus class
b. S-delta
c. reinforcer
d. discriminative stimulus
Question 2Different responses that achieve the same outcome are called ___________.
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Question 3Bill drives faster than the speed limit only when his friends are in the car with him because they tell him he is cool. He doesn't speed when his parents or girlfriend are in the car because they don't say it's cool. What is the S-delta in this example?
a. parents
b. girlfriend
c. friends
d. parents and girlfriend
Question 4Another way to promote generalization if reinforcing the behavior outside of training sessions is not feasible, is to ___________.
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Question 5Bill drives faster than the speed limit only when his friends are in the car with him because they tell him he is cool. He doesn't speed when his parents or girlfriend are in the car because they don't say it's cool. What is the SD in this example?
a. parents
b. girlfriend
c. friends
d. parents and girlfriend
Question 6What is the most straightforward approach to promoting generalization? ___________
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Question 7A group of stimuli having the same functional effect on a certain behavior are said to belong to a stimulus:
a. group
b. class
c. category
d. contingency
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