Operant and respondent stimulus control are identical. ...

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Operant and respondent stimulus control are identical.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 2

Which of the following is an example of stimulus fading?
 
  a. Taking a line drawing of a bed and slowly changing it into the letters b-e-d to help a child learn to read the word bed.
  b. Most-to-least prompting.
  c. Printing a child's name on a piece of paper and having him trace his name. Over time, slowly remove one letter of his name, thus requiring him to trace the first letters but to print the last letters himself.
  d. All of these are examples of stimulus fading.

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Answer to Question 1

False . Operant and respondent stimulus control are not identical. While both involve antecedent stimuli evoking a response, there is a difference between the function of the discriminative stimulus for operant behavior and the conditioned stimulus for respondent conditioning. Discriminative stimuli acquire their controlling functions through association with stimulus change that occurs following the behavior. Conditioned stimuli acquire their controlling functions through associations with other antecedent stimuli that elicit behavior.

Answer to Question 2

C