PSYB45H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Equivalence Class, Stimulus Control
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Recall: stimulus generalization - transferring a response that you have learned with a particular stimuli to a new stimuli: unlearned: due to strong physical similarity, learned: Conduct the training in the target situation (or very similar) Varying the training conditions leads to greater probability that some of the stimuli will be present in the target situation; get stimulus control with a greater variety of stimuli. Use stimuli that are present in both the training and target settings. Use a large number of different situations and stimuli. Response generalization - when a behaviour becomes more probable as a result of the reinforcement of another behaviour. Unlearned response generalization due to considerable physical similarity of the responses: e. g. , rollerblading and ice skating. Learned response generalization based on minimal physical similarity of responses: e. g. , over-applying a learned grammatical tool, such as adding s to plural words.
