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stimulus equivalence

stimulus equivalence Stimulus equivalence is a learning paradigm used to identify symbolic relations in observable behavior when a person treats different stimuli as related or interchangeable.

Stimulus equivalence is a learning paradigm used to identify symbolic relations in observable behavior when a person treats different stimuli as related or interchangeable. When tests show the logical properties of reflexivity, symmetry, and transitivity, the stimuli are considered part of an equivalence class, meaning each can stand in for the others.