EDF 6223 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM PREP
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
STUDY RESOURCE
●● Symmetry
Answer: A type of stimuli-to-stimulus relation in which the learner,
without prior training or reinforcement, demonstrates the reversibility of
the sample stimulus and the comparison stimulus.
A=B, then B=A, or A=C, then C=A
●● Transitivity
Answer: Describes the stimulus-stimulus relations that emerge as a
product of training two other stimulus-stimulus relations.
If A=B and A=C, then B=C
●● Stimulus equivalence
Answer: Describes a behavior analytic approach to understanding and
establishing symbolic function.
●● Generativity
Answer: The ability to create and understand an infinite number of
meaningful sentences and utterances.
,●● Relational Frame Theory (RTF)
Answer: A theory of derived stimulus relations proposing that such
relations are inherently verbal and that the accumulated experience with
relational exemplars creates generalized repertoires of relating.
●● derived stimulus relation
Answer: The relation between two or more stimuli that is not directly
trained or taught and is not based solely on the physical properties of the
stimuli.
●● Conditional Discrimination
Answer: Performance in a match-to-sample procedure in which
discrimination between the comparison stimuli is conditional on, or
depends on, the sample stimulus present on each trial.
●● Conditional Discrimination 4-term contingency
Answer: - sample stimulus (antecedent stimulus)
- correct comparison (antecedent stimulus)
- selection response
- reinforcer
●● equivalence test
Answer: A probe for the emergence of untrained stimulus-stimulus
relations that evaluates both symmetry and transitivity simultaneously.
,●● Mutual Entailment
Answer: A relation in one direction between two stimuli (e.g., A to B)
entails a relation in the other direction (e.g., B to A)
(symmetry)
if you are told that A = B, you can derive that B = A. That is, the
specified A = B relation mutually entails the (symmetrical) B = A
relation.
●● Combinatory Entailment
Answer: A derived stimulus relation in which two or more stimulus
relations (trained or derived) mutually combine.
(transitivity)
if A is related to B and A is related to C, then B and C are mutually
related in that context.
●● Class merger
Answer: Independent equivalence classes are combined as the result of
teaching a new but interrelated conditional discrimination.
●● Class expansion
Answer: A new member is added to a demonstrated stimulus
equivalence class as the result of teaching a new conditional
discrimination.
, ●● Equivalence Class
Answer: The collection of stimuli that evoke the same behavior.
●● Arbitrary stimulus class
Answer: Stimuli that evoke the same response, but they do NOT share a
common stimulus feature. They do not physically look alike or share a
relative relationship.
LIMITED number of stimuli
Developed through stimulus equivalence.
●● Equivalence Relations
Answer: Relations that are reflexive, symmetric, and transitive.
●● Transformation of stimulus functions (Transformation of Function)
Answer: Occur when the functions of one stimulus alter or transform the
functions of another stimulus in accordance with the derived relation
between the two, without additional training.
●● Generalized Operant
Answer: An operant in which the form of the individual responses in the
class vary considerably
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
STUDY RESOURCE
●● Symmetry
Answer: A type of stimuli-to-stimulus relation in which the learner,
without prior training or reinforcement, demonstrates the reversibility of
the sample stimulus and the comparison stimulus.
A=B, then B=A, or A=C, then C=A
●● Transitivity
Answer: Describes the stimulus-stimulus relations that emerge as a
product of training two other stimulus-stimulus relations.
If A=B and A=C, then B=C
●● Stimulus equivalence
Answer: Describes a behavior analytic approach to understanding and
establishing symbolic function.
●● Generativity
Answer: The ability to create and understand an infinite number of
meaningful sentences and utterances.
,●● Relational Frame Theory (RTF)
Answer: A theory of derived stimulus relations proposing that such
relations are inherently verbal and that the accumulated experience with
relational exemplars creates generalized repertoires of relating.
●● derived stimulus relation
Answer: The relation between two or more stimuli that is not directly
trained or taught and is not based solely on the physical properties of the
stimuli.
●● Conditional Discrimination
Answer: Performance in a match-to-sample procedure in which
discrimination between the comparison stimuli is conditional on, or
depends on, the sample stimulus present on each trial.
●● Conditional Discrimination 4-term contingency
Answer: - sample stimulus (antecedent stimulus)
- correct comparison (antecedent stimulus)
- selection response
- reinforcer
●● equivalence test
Answer: A probe for the emergence of untrained stimulus-stimulus
relations that evaluates both symmetry and transitivity simultaneously.
,●● Mutual Entailment
Answer: A relation in one direction between two stimuli (e.g., A to B)
entails a relation in the other direction (e.g., B to A)
(symmetry)
if you are told that A = B, you can derive that B = A. That is, the
specified A = B relation mutually entails the (symmetrical) B = A
relation.
●● Combinatory Entailment
Answer: A derived stimulus relation in which two or more stimulus
relations (trained or derived) mutually combine.
(transitivity)
if A is related to B and A is related to C, then B and C are mutually
related in that context.
●● Class merger
Answer: Independent equivalence classes are combined as the result of
teaching a new but interrelated conditional discrimination.
●● Class expansion
Answer: A new member is added to a demonstrated stimulus
equivalence class as the result of teaching a new conditional
discrimination.
, ●● Equivalence Class
Answer: The collection of stimuli that evoke the same behavior.
●● Arbitrary stimulus class
Answer: Stimuli that evoke the same response, but they do NOT share a
common stimulus feature. They do not physically look alike or share a
relative relationship.
LIMITED number of stimuli
Developed through stimulus equivalence.
●● Equivalence Relations
Answer: Relations that are reflexive, symmetric, and transitive.
●● Transformation of stimulus functions (Transformation of Function)
Answer: Occur when the functions of one stimulus alter or transform the
functions of another stimulus in accordance with the derived relation
between the two, without additional training.
●● Generalized Operant
Answer: An operant in which the form of the individual responses in the
class vary considerably
