Re: Cool visual illusion


Glen M. Sizemore wrote:
> "JGCASEY" wrote in message
....
> > Sheesh Glen you are over sensitive. And when did I ever
> > say I understood behaviorese? Looking up the definition
> > your paragraph would read:
> >
> > "No, I am pointing out much more than that. I am
> > pointing specifically to the events that may or
> > may not occur; unknown or unforeseen circumstances,
> > that make one's behavior a stimulus that provides
> > information about what to do."
>
> Try: something liable to happen as an adjunct to or result of something else
> (you know, like food delivery is likely given a response). And "provides
> information about what to do" is not part of any definition of
> discriminative stimulus - at least by people that actually use the term.
> Yeah, my bad for assuming you understood the positions you criticize. No
> wonder you never make sense.

Good I am glad that has been settled. I am limited to finding out
these terms on the net as the books on AI do not cover them.


http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&lr=&oi=defmore&defl=en&q=define:discriminative+stimulus
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/discriminative+stimulus
Discriminative Stimulus

"Any stimulus present when an operant is reinforced
acquires control in the sense that the rate will be
higher when it is present. Such a stimulus does not
act as a goad; it does not elicit the response in
the sense of forcing it to occur. It is simply an
essential aspect of the occasion upon which a
response is made and reinforced. The difference is
made clear by calling it a discriminative stimulus..."
-- Skinner, B. F. (1969).Contingencies of
Reinforcement: A Theoretical Analysis, 7.


Which to me seems to be what I would call "context"
but what would I know.

--
JC

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