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Catalina N Rey1, Joshua K Pritchard2, Byron Wine3
1University of Nebraska Medical Center's Munroe-Meyer Institute, Omaha, Nebraska.
Abstract:
As the natural science of behavior evolves, the use of precise terminology is critical to maintain its conceptual and terminological integrity. The current state of terminology in stimulus control is well developed with respect to reinforcement and incomplete with respect to punishment. In this paper, we aim to make the case that the current conceptualization for discriminative stimulus control in relation to punishment would be enhanced by modifying the definition of the discriminative stimulus for punishment (SDp) and by adding a new term to the current taxonomy that denotes when a punishment contingency is inactive.
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