PSYB45H3 Chapter 16: Generality of Behavioural Change
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Ch 16 - transferring behaviour to new settings and making it last: generality of behavioural change. Training situation: the setting(s) in which the behaviour is initially strengthened. Target situation: the setting(s) in which we want the behaviour to occur. A behaviour change is said to have generality to the extent that following occur: Stimulus generalization: the trained behaviour transfers from the training situation(s) to the target situation(s) (which is usually the natural environment) Response generalization: training leads to the development of new behaviour that has not been specifically trained. Behaviour maintenance: the trained behaviour persists in the target situation(s) over time. Situation may refer to particular stimuli or settings, or both. Stimulus generalization refers to the procedure of reinforcing a response in the presence of a stimulus or situation, and the effect of the response becoming more probable in the presence of another stimulus or situation.
