EDF 6223 INSTRUCTIONAL PLANNING 2026
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE WITH
CORRECT SOLUTIONS
◉ 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.
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE WITH
CORRECT SOLUTIONS
◉ 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.
