Generalisation Flashcards
A behaviour change has generality when: (3 answers)
• A behaviour occurs across a range of settings. • A behaviour is maintained in the natural environment for for time. • Training leads to new behaviours developing
What type of generalisation is occurring if the response becomes probable across several different situations?
Stimulus generalisation
What type of generalisation is occurring if the reinforcement of a behaviour leads to the occurrence of an untrained, functionally equivalent response?
Response generalisation
Define maintenance
The persistence of a behaviour over time and under natural contingencies
Stimulus generalisation
When there is a increased probability of a behaviour occurring in different situations
Response generalisation
When a person emits an untrained response that are functionally equivalent to a learned response
What is meant by functionally equivalent?
The behaviours, though different, result in the same consequence
The persistence of behaviour over time in the natural environment is called
Maintenance
A strategy for promoting stimulus generalisation is programming common stimuli. What does this refer to?
Making the training situation and the target situation as similar as possible.
When programming operant stimulus generality, more similarity =
Less discrimination therefore generalisation more probable
A strategy for promoting stimulus generalisation is training sufficient stimulus exemplars. What does this refer to?
Varying the training conditions so the behaviour doesn’t only occur in the presence of a particular set of stimuli
A strategy for promoting response generalisation is training sufficient response exemplars. What does this refer to?
Teaching a range of responses to different stimuli during training e.g. Different greetings to trigger responses
Give another strategy for promoting response generalisation. (Useful for promoting creativity)
Increasing the range of acceptable responses during training. Reinforce any responses that are different to previous responses whilst remaining acceptable.
A strategy for promoting response generalisation is capitalise in behavioural momentum. What is behavioural momentum and how can this strategy be used?
An increase in the likelihood of behaviour occurring as a result of one or more functionally equivalent responses; put more probable behaviours first e.g. Instructions
What is a behaviour trap?
Identifying the natural contingencies in an environment and essentially trapping a behaviour by using natural reinforcers that WILL occur
