You pour a cup of coffee.You add sugar and then cream.You stir the coffee and then take a sip.The taste of the coffee with the cream and sugar is the reinforcer.This is an example of:
A)fading
B)shaping
C)a stimulus discrimination
D)a stimulus-response chain

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

This is an example of a stimulus-response chain, as each step (pouring the coffee, adding sugar and cream, stirring, and sipping) is a specific response to the preceding stimulus. The taste of the coffee with the cream and sugar serves as the reinforcing stimulus that maintains this behavior of making and drinking coffee. Fading refers to gradually removing prompts or cues to teach a behavior, shaping refers to gradually reinforcing successive approximations of a behavior, and stimulus discrimination refers to distinguishing between different stimuli and responding accordingly.

You Pour a Cup of Coffee