Skills Acquisition: Generalization And Maintenance

Question 1

Generalization is…

Answer 1

When a certain response or behavior occurs outside of the teaching environment

Question 2

Maintenance is…

Answer 2

When a learner continues a response after intervention had been removed

Question 3

Generalization occurs across:

Answer 3

People
Settings
Time (aka response maintenance)

Question 4

Generalization across people means..

Answer 4

Taught skills are exemplified with multiple people

Question 5

Generalization across Settings means…

Answer 5

When a skill is taught and learned in one setting and exemplified in another

Question 6

Generalization across time means…

Answer 6

When a skill this is learned is maintained for a period of time after it is learned

Question 7

What is response generalization?

Answer 7

Occurs when a learner emits a different response (in the presence of the same stimulus) than what was trained and is functionally equal

Question 8

What is stimulus generalization?

Answer 8

Occurs when a new stimulus that is presented has features or similar characteristics with that of the taught stimulus and the learner responds to the new stimulus in the same way

Question 9

What is overgeneralization?

Answer 9

Occurs when a response has come under the control of a stimulus that is too broad

Question 10

How do you program generalization?

Answer 10

Programming common stimuli
Teaching loosely
Teaching multiple exemplars