Question

Which of the following is TRUE about stimulus control training? Multiple Choice In stimulus control training, a behavior is reinforced in the presence of a specific stimulus. Stimulus control training is the process of teaching a complex behavior by rewarding closer and closer approximations of the desired behavior. In stimulus control training, a behavior is reinforced in the absence of a specific stimulus. Stimulus control training is the process of teaching a simple behavior by rewarding closer and closer approximations of the desired behavior.

Answer 1

In stimulus control training, a behavior is reinforced in the presence or absence of a specific stimulus

Step-by-step explanation:

When there is a presence or absence of a specific stimulus, it helps to determine how an individaual will behave.

For example, the presence of a stop sign at a traffic intersection in a major road intersection would trigger driver to stop driving. This specific stimulus would increase the probability that the driver behaviour of stopping the car through braking would happen. also, the opposite would happen when there is stop-sign on the road.

Answer 2

Answer: Stimulus control training is the process of teaching a simple behavior by rewarding closer and closer approximations of the desired behavior.

Step-by-step explanation:

Stimulus control training in behavioral psychology is a control phenomenon that occurs when an animal or an individual behaves in a certain way to a given stimulus and then behaves in another way in the absence of the same stimulus. In other words stimulus control training alters or modifies the behavior of organisms.

Stimulus control training is based on conditioning which allows the trainer to give commands that will be obeyed. This form of training gives allows the subject to pay attention and be on alert and look out cues that help in completing the desired action so as to get rewarded.

The stimulus modification in behavior can either be called discriminative stimulus(Sd) or stimulus delta (S-delta). This discriminative stimulus or stimulus- delta controls the performance of certain behaviors in organisms.