TESTED QUESTIONS AND EXPERT VERIFIED
ANSWERS GUARANTEED TO PASS
◉ Symmetry.
Answer: A type of stimuli-to-stimulus relation in which the learner,
without prior training or reinforcement, demonstrates the
reversibility of the sample stimulus and the comparison stimulus.
A=B, then B=A, or A=C, then C=A
◉ Transitivity.
Answer: Describes the stimulus-stimulus relations that emerge as a
product of training two other stimulus-stimulus relations.
If A=B and A=C, then B=C
◉ Stimulus equivalence.
Answer: Describes a behavior analytic approach to understanding
and establishing symbolic function.
◉ Generativity.
Answer: The ability to create and understand an infinite number of
meaningful sentences and utterances.
,◉ Relational Frame Theory (RTF).
Answer: A theory of derived stimulus relations proposing that such
relations are inherently verbal and that the accumulated experience
with relational exemplars creates generalized repertoires of relating.
◉ derived stimulus relation.
Answer: The relation between two or more stimuli that is not
directly trained or taught and is not based solely on the physical
properties of the stimuli.
◉ Conditional Discrimination.
Answer: Performance in a match-to-sample procedure in which
discrimination between the comparison stimuli is conditional on, or
depends on, the sample stimulus present on each trial.
◉ Conditional Discrimination 4-term contingency.
Answer: - sample stimulus (antecedent stimulus)
- correct comparison (antecedent stimulus)
- selection response
- reinforcer
◉ equivalence test.
,Answer: A probe for the emergence of untrained stimulus-stimulus
relations that evaluates both symmetry and transitivity
simultaneously.
◉ Mutual Entailment.
Answer: A relation in one direction between two stimuli (e.g., A to B)
entails a relation in the other direction (e.g., B to A)
(symmetry)
if you are told that A = B, you can derive that B = A. That is, the
specified A = B relation mutually entails the (symmetrical) B = A
relation.
◉ Combinatory Entailment.
Answer: A derived stimulus relation in which two or more stimulus
relations (trained or derived) mutually combine.
(transitivity)
if A is related to B and A is related to C, then B and C are mutually
related in that context.
◉ Class merger.
Answer: Independent equivalence classes are combined as the result
of teaching a new but interrelated conditional discrimination.
◉ Class expansion.
, Answer: A new member is added to a demonstrated stimulus
equivalence class as the result of teaching a new conditional
discrimination.
◉ Equivalence Class.
Answer: The collection of stimuli that evoke the same behavior.
◉ Arbitrary stimulus class.
Answer: Stimuli that evoke the same response, but they do NOT
share a common stimulus feature. They do not physically look alike
or share a relative relationship.
LIMITED number of stimuli
Developed through stimulus equivalence.
◉ Equivalence Relations.
Answer: Relations that are reflexive, symmetric, and transitive.
◉ Transformation of stimulus functions (Transformation of
Function).
Answer: Occur when the functions of one stimulus alter or
transform the functions of another stimulus in accordance with the
derived relation between the two, without additional training.