PSYB45H3 Lecture : Chapter 19 txtbook notes

• School: UTSC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYB45H3
• Professor: Zachariah Campbell

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program ming for generalization increases the likelihood that the behaviour change will occur in all relevant situations or circumstances. defined as the occurrence of the behaviour in the presence of stimuli that are. a class similar in some way to the s that was present during the training of stimuli develops stimulus control over the behaviour. : parenting skills researchers conducting training sessions in the homes & provided reinforcers when they did the correct behaviour. reinforcing instances of generalization is (perhaps) the most straightforward approach to promoting generalization: this strategy blurs the distinction between training and generalization conditions because training occurs in all relevant situations. drawback: not always possible to provide reinforcement for the behaviour outside the training situations: e. g. : cannot go inside to parents home most of time to provide reinforcers to good parenting skill exhibited there. T raining skills that tap into natural contingencies of reinforcement.