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discriminative stimuli

discriminative stimuli is the plural of discriminative stimulus.

Meaning of discriminative stimulus

Noun

discriminative stimulus (plural discriminative stimuli)

  1. (behavioral psychology) A 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.
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Questions about discriminative stimuli

What is discriminative stimuli the plural of?
Discriminative stimuli is the plural of discriminative stimulus.

Words near discriminative stimuli in the dictionary

  1. discriminatingly
  2. discrimination
  3. discriminational
  4. discriminations
  5. discriminative
  6. discriminative stimuli
  7. discriminative stimulus
  8. discriminatively
  9. discriminativeness
  10. discriminator
  11. discriminatorily

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