Steady state responding
A pattern of stable target behavior responding over a period of time.
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Steady state strategy
A deliberate process in experimentation where the dependent variable is repeatedly exposed to the independent variable, controlling for and/or eliminating any extraneous influences on the dependent variable and achieving a
Stimulus
External or internal environmental event(s) that affect an individual’s behavior.
5th Edition Task List
B-2 Define and provide examples of stimulus and stimulus class.
6th Edition TCO
B.2 Identify and distinguish between stimulus and stimulus class.
Stimulus class
A group of stimuli that share a common function, topography, or temporal relation and have a common effect on a response class (behavior). Hint: Think of the stimulus class as
5th Edition Task List
B-2 Define and provide examples of stimulus and stimulus class.
6th Edition TCO
B.2 Identify and distinguish between stimulus and stimulus class.
Stimulus control
When a learned behavior occurs in the presence of the SD and doesn’t occur in the absence of the SD or in the presence of other stimuli (SΔ).
Stimulus delta (SΔ)
A stimulus in the presence of which a given behavior has not produced reinforcement in the past or produces less reinforcement or lesser value reinforcement than when it occurs in
Stimulus discrimination
Narrow stimulus control exhibited when a person responds to a specific stimulus with a limited number of specific responses.
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5th Edition Task List
B-11 Define and provide examples of discrimination, generalization, and maintenance.
6th Edition TCO
Stimulus equivalence
Defined as the untrained acquisition of a reflexive, symmetric, and transitive relation between stimuli that are in some way related.
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5th Edition Task List
G-12 Use equivalence-based instruction.
6th Edition TCO
G.19 Design and evaluate procedures to promote emergent relations and generative performance.
Stimulus fading
A method of fading stimulus prompts by systematically and gradually lessening or removing them until control of an individual’s behavior transfers to the SD.
Stimulus generalization
Responding in the same way to antecedent stimuli that share certain aspects of other antecedent stimuli (SDs).