Domain B tests foundational operant and respondent conditioning principles: positive/negative reinforcement, positive/negative punishment, automatic reinforcement, stimulus control, MO vs. SD, extinction, schedules of reinforcement, and stimulus equivalence.
Solve these representative scenarios and examine why each distractor is incorrect:
A client who has not consumed liquids for 6 hours walks past a soda vending machine displaying an illuminated sign that reads 'OUT OF ORDER'. In this scenario, what role does the water deprivation play, and what role does the 'OUT OF ORDER' sign play?
A student is taught that the spoken word 'perro' (A) matches a picture of a dog (B). She is then taught that the picture of a dog (B) matches the printed word 'DOG' (C). Without additional training, she immediately matches the spoken word 'perro' (A) to the printed word 'DOG' (C). This derived emergent relation demonstrates:
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