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You would be most likely to use operant conditioning to teach a dog to:
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In operant conditioning, what is the term for a stimulus change that follows a behavior of interest?
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Extinction
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Discriminative stimulus
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Antecedent
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Consequence
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Understand that in operant conditioning, behaviors are influenced by events that occur before and after the behavior.
Identify that an antecedent is a stimulus that occurs before the behavior, signaling the opportunity for a response.
Recognize that a discriminative stimulus is a specific type of antecedent that signals the availability of reinforcement or punishment.
Know that extinction refers to the process where a previously reinforced behavior decreases when reinforcement stops.
Focus on the stimulus change that follows the behavior, which is called a consequence, as it affects the likelihood of the behavior occurring again.
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