Meanings
plural discriminative stimuli
- behavioral psychologyA 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.
Synonyms: Sd
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA 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.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna stimulus that provides information about what to do
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