ABA glossary

Stimulus discrimination

A response occurs at a different rate or form in the presence of different stimuli because of a history of differential consequences.

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A child asks Grandma for candy but not Mom, because only Grandma says yes.

Can you spot stimulus discrimination in a scenario?

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BCBA B.13 · Concepts and PrinciplesRecognizing stimulus discrimination
RBT C.6 · Behavior AcquisitionTeach discriminations

Conditional discrimination
Discrimination training
Discriminative stimulus
Faulty stimulus control
Restricted stimulus control
S-delta

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