Which of the following most resembles a positive patterning procedure of discrimination training?
A)Responding to a tone and a light together is reinforced; responding is not reinforced to either the tone or light alone.
B)Responding to a tone alone or light alone is reinforced, but not when they occur together.
C)Responding when a tone, or tone-light pair is reinforced, but not to the light alone.
D)Responding to only a tone alone or light alone is reinforced, but not both.

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Positive patterning procedure involves reinforcing responding to a compound stimulus (two or more stimuli presented together), but not to the individual stimuli presented alone. In option A, responding to the tone and light together is reinforced, while responding to either the tone or light alone is not reinforced. This is consistent with a positive patterning procedure.

Which of the Following Most Resembles a Positive Patterning Procedure