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This is a term used in psychology. Stimulus error is when an observer causes a difference in the behavior of the observed. The presence of the observer changes the environment of the observed, which changes their behavior.
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A stimulus error refers to a mistake or error that occurs during an experiment due to the way a stimulus is presented to the participants. This can include incorrect timing, intensity, or presentation of the stimulus, which can influence the results of the study. It is important to minimize stimulus errors to ensure the accuracy and validity of the research findings.
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What are the four characteristics of a stimulus in stimulus coding?
The characteristics are modality (type of stimulus), intensity (strength of stimulus), duration (length of stimulus), and location (where the stimulus occurred).
What do you call the tendency to respond to a stimulus that is similar but not identical to a conditioned stimulus?
Generalization is the tendency to respond to a stimulus that is similar but not identical to a conditioned stimulus.
How does a neutral stimulus become a conditioned stimulus?
How are the strongest associations between the conditioned stimulus and the unconditioned stimulus formed?
The strongest association is formed when we present the conditioned stimulus about half a second before the unconditioned stimulus.
What response is caused by a neutral stimulus?
A response caused by a neutral stimulus is known as a conditioned response. This occurs when the neutral stimulus becomes associated with a unconditioned stimulus through conditioning, leading to a learned response.
Signal to which an organism responds?
stimulus
What is the different between an external stimulus and an internal stimulus?
The difference between an external stimulus and an internal stimulus is that an external stimulus is a stimulus that comes from outside an organism. But an internal stumulus is a stimulus that comes from inside an organism. An example for an external stimulus can be that when you are cold, you put on a jacket. An example for an internal stimulus is that when you feel hungry, you eat food.
In positive feedback the initial stimulus produces a response that the stimulus?
exagerrates the stimulus
Is stimulus a reaction to an internal event?
A stimulus is not a reaction, a stimulus is what causes a reaction.
What can increase a strong stimulus?
threshold stimulus
What is the plural form of word stimulus?
The plural for stimulus is stimuli.
What is the prefix of stimulus?
Stimulus does not have a prefix
What is a stimulus deduction?
What is a stimulus deduction?
What do you call the tendency to respond to a stimulus that is similar but not identical to a conditioned stimulus?
Generalization is the tendency to respond to a stimulus that is similar but not identical to a conditioned stimulus.
What is a change in an organism's surrounding that causes the organism to react?
The answer to this would mose probabaly be a stimulus. Because there are 2 types of stimuli Internal Stimulus and External Stimulus and so it has to be either one of these but the answer is stimulus.
What response is caused by a neutral stimulus?
A response caused by a neutral stimulus is known as a conditioned response. This occurs when the neutral stimulus becomes associated with a unconditioned stimulus through conditioning, leading to a learned response.
How do you pronounce 'Stimulus'?
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/stimulus
