PSYB45H3 Chapter : Textbook#19.docx
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Always important to program for generalization of the behavior changes produced by a behavior modification program. Increases the likelihood that the behavior change will occur in all relevant situations or circumstances in the person"s life. Mrs. williams, nursing home resident who rarely engaged in positive conversation. Used differential reinforcement of alternative behavior to increase the frequency of positive conversation. Successful generalization of the behavior change occurred with mrs. willaims because all relevant people carried out the differential reinforcement procedure as planned. During discrimination training, the occurrence of a behavior is reinforced only in the presence of a certain stimulus. Stimulus control develops through this process, and the behavior is more likely to occur in the future when the sd is present. Generalization defined as the occurrence of the behavior in the presence of stimuli that are similar in some way to the sd that was present during training.
