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Operant Response Generalization Case Study

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1. When discussing programming of generality of behavior, with regards to training situation vs the target situation training situation refers to the settings in which the behaviour is initially strengthened, and the target situation refers to the settings in which we want the behaviour to occur 6. The teaching of a rule may facilitate operant stimulus generalization because generalization by teaching an individual to program common stimuli in different novel situations. The general factor for programming for generalization that seems to be operating is programming common stimuli. For example, telling a child not to play with their food during dinner at home can program the child to rehearse this rule in other settings such as restaurants and other people’s houses. 10. An example of an unlearned response generalization that is not in this chapter may include, if an individual learns how to walk, chances are they will be able to run/jog as well since the responses involved are similar to one another …show more content…

Three tactics for programming operant response generalization include: (1) Train sufficient response exemplar: A parent trying to help their children learn the alphabet, with prompting and reinforcement; they first taught their child how to pronounce each letter, than show them what it looks like, and then together sing the alphabet. (2) Vary the acceptable responses during training: During activity time, the children at school are asked to draw a picture of their friends. This allows them to become creative, whether they include details of toys, clothes and what not. (3) Capitalize on behavioural momentum: If a girl does not want to sit quietly in her seat, you can start by training her first to simply sit in her seat. After that is reinforced, she is more likely to listen to the second part

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