PSYB45H3 Chapter 19: Promoting Generalization

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23 Apr 2011
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Programming for generalization increases the likelihood that the behaviour change will occur in all relevant situations or circumstances in the person"s life. Generalization- a process in which the behaviour occurs in the presence of antecedent stimuli that are similar in some way to the discriminative stimulus present when the behaviour was reinforced. Generalization is also defined as the occurrence of a target behaviour in a nontraining situation after training. Training skills that contact natural contingencies of reinforcement: modifying natural contingencies of reinforcement and punishment. iv. v. vi. vii. Incorporating a wide range of relevant stimulus situations in training. Reinforcing occurrences of generalization: reinforce the behaviour when it occurs outside the training session in the presence of relevant stimuli, one draw back is that it is not always possible to provide reinforcement outside of the training session. Training skills that contact natural contingencies of reinforcement.