PSYB45H3 Chapter 19: CHAPTER 19 behaviour mod.docx
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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. For the case of mrs. williams programming for generalization occurred by training all the staff on how to use the procedure successfully and instructing them to use it at all times. For the case of marcia the receptionist successful programming for generalization involves getting her to say no to a wide range of unreasonable requests. Stimulus control makes it more likely for a behaviour to occur when an sd is present for the behaviour. Generalization is the occurrence of the behaviour in the presence of stimuli that are similar in some way to the sd that was present during training , occurrence of behaviour in the presence of all relevant stimuli. Reinforcing occurrences of generalization reinforce behaviour when it occurs outside of the training situation, most straightforward method , blurs the distinctions between training and generalization.
