FRHD 3150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Equivalence Class
1 Jun 2018
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LECTURE 12
Stimulus Generalization
• Behaviour becomes more probable in the presence of a new stimulus as a result of having been
reinforced in the presences of a different stimulus previously
• May occur because of
o Physical similarity
o Stimuli in common-element class
o Stimuli in equivalence class
Response Generalization
• A behaviour is more probable in the presence of a stimulus as a result of another behaviour
having been strengthened in the presence of the same or a similar stimulus
• May occur because of
o Considerable physical similarity of response
o Minimal physical similarity of responses
o Functionally equivalent responses
Programming
• 2 important situations
o Training situation
o Target situation
▪ Where we want to behaviour to generalize
o The more physically similar the training and the target situations are, the more stimulus
generalization will occur
• Stimulus generalization
o Train in the target situation when possible
o Program common stimuli
▪ If not in the target situation use stimuli from that situation
o Use multiple stimuli to encourage generalization
• Response generalization
o Train a variety of responses
o Allow for and reward new/creative responses that are appropriate
Maintenance
• Create natural rewards to ensure behaviour continues to be reinforced
• Teach others to reinforce appropriate behaviours
• Use intermittent schedules to reinforce
• Give control to the individual
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