matching to sample

a conditional-discrimination procedure that involves both successive discrimination and simultaneous discrimination. Each trial begins with presentation of a sample stimulus. Once the organism responds to that sample, two or more additional stimuli appear, only one of which matches the sample. Reinforcement is contingent on responding to the stimulus that matches. See also arbitrary matching to sample; delayed matching to sample; oddity from sample.

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November 15th 2024

natural work module

natural work module

a unit of work in which an employee or team of employees produces a whole item or otherwise completes a meaningful sequence of tasks from start to finish. Such an approach has been found to yield greater task identity and therefore greater motivation than one in which employees perform their tasks with little or no sense of context.