conditional discrimination

a discrimination in which reinforcement of a response in the presence of a stimulus depends on the presence of other stimuli. For example, in a matching-to-sample procedure, responding to a comparison stimulus that matches the sample stimulus is reinforced; that is, determining the correctness of a response depends on the sample stimulus. See also simultaneous discrimination; successive discrimination.

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Psychology term of the day

February 17th 2025

transdermal patch

an adhesive application that is designed to release a drug at a steady rate via absorption through the skin into the bloodstream. Transdermal patches are used, for example, to administer nicotine in progressively smaller doses to people who are trying to give up smoking.