Skinner Assumed That Stimulus Control

question 21

Multiple Choice

Skinner assumed that stimulus control

• A) enables the signal to elicit the operant response.
• B) enables the signal to set the occasion for the reinforcement of voluntary responding.
• C) results in a causal association provided that the researcher, and not the subject, controls the signal's occurrence and outcome.
• D) produces a stronger association than that produced by a classical contingency.

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