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Stimulus Equivalence

Description:

Stimulus Equivalence refers to a concept in behavioral psychology where a particular stimulus, like a word or an object, can evoke the same response as other stimuli that are functionally related. It suggests that if two or more stimuli have the same meaning or are interchangeable in terms of their impact on behavior, they are considered to be stimulus equivalents.

Sample Sentences:

• Through the process of stimulus equivalence training, individuals can learn to associate different words with the same meaning.
• In a psychology experiment, researchers demonstrated that children with autism could develop stimulus equivalence by linking pictures of different objects to their corresponding names.
• Stimulus equivalence allows therapists to teach individuals with language impairments to understand and express complex concepts more effectively.

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