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7.4 Point-to-Point Correspondence Non-Example #1

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If you said “cat” as the result of hearing someone say “feline,” there would be NO point-to-point correspondence between the stimulus and the response. “Feline” has five sounds or components while “cat” only has three.

Point-to-Point Correspondence

A relationship between a discriminative stimulus and the response it controls with the following features:

The discriminative stimulus must have two or more components

The response must have two or more components

The first part of the stimulus must control the first part of the response, the second part of the stimulus must control the second part of the response, etc.

Formal or dynamic characteristics of the stimulus

Formal or dynamic characteristics of the response

A cartoon of a boy with a feline pet cat.
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