AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Stimulus discrimination is a term used in both classical and operant conditioning. It involves the ability to distinguish between one stimulus and similar stimuli. In both cases, it means responding only to certain stimuli, and not responding to those that are similar.

Detailed explanation-2: -Stimulus discrimination is a component of cognitive behavioral treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Clients are guided to deliberately attend to differences between then (danger at the time of the trauma) and now (safety in the present).

Detailed explanation-3: -Definition of Stimulus Discrimination The person (or animal!) will respond only to that stimulus and not to others. For example, Pavlov’s dog started to salivate when it heard the sound of a bell, but it did not salivate in response any other sounds.

Detailed explanation-4: -Stimulus discrimination is used in classical and operant conditioning. Classical conditioning is a type of learning in which a neutral stimulus is repeatedly paired with an unconditioned response, and the neutral stimulus becomes conditioned to produce the response or behavior.

Detailed explanation-5: -Discrimination. For example, if a bell tone were the conditioned stimulus, discrimination would involve being able to tell the difference between the bell tone and other similar sounds. Because the subject is able to distinguish between these stimuli, they will only respond when the conditioned stimulus is presented.