Let’s start with the definition. An SD is a discriminative stimulus. Although the initials for the acronym are reversed, it is a discriminative stimulus. We know that a stimulus is anything in the environment that makes contact with our sense modes and signals the availability of objects or the lack thereof. In aba, the word discrimination refers …
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When a behavior analyst mixes schedules of continuous reinforcement, intermittent reinforcement, differential reinforcement of varying rates of responding, and extinction, they create compound schedules of reinforcement. In 1957 Ferster and Skinner discovered that elements from compound schedules can occur successively or simultaneously, with or without discriminative stimuli, as a reinforcement contingency independently or as a …
DRO / DRA / DRI / DRL / DRH / DRD DRA — differential reinforcement of alternative behavior We are reinforcing a response class of behaviors in applied behavior analysis. As a result, various alternate behaviors to the problem behavior will be reinforced. For example, we could reinforce walking behavior, staying with the class, or …
