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Meaning of discriminative stimulus | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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.

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Discriminatively discriminativeness Discriminator Discriminatory Discs discstone

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