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discriminative stimulus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.00 in modern English

Syllables
dis-crim-i-na-tive s-tim-u-lus
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
8
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A stimulus, associated with reinforcement or punishment, that exerts control over a particular form of behavior; the subject discriminates between closely related stimuli and elicits a specific behavior more frequently or less frequently only in the presence of that stimulus.

Inflected Forms

discriminative stimuli (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

stimulus delta

Synonyms

Sd cue

Questions

What does discriminative stimulus mean?
A stimulus, associated with reinforcement or punishment, that exerts control over a particular form of behavior; the subject discriminates between closely related stimuli and elicits a specific behavior more frequently or less frequently only in the presence of that stimulus.

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