Week 12

Question 1

Training Situation

Answer 1

The setting(s) in which behavior is initially trained or strengthened

Question 2

Natural Target or Test Situation

Answer 2

The setting(s) in which we want behavior to occur (natural settings)

Question 3

Stimulus Generalization

Answer 3

The trained behavior transfers from the training situation(s) to the target situation(s), usually in the natural environment

Question 4

Response Generalization

Answer 4

Training leads to the development of new behavior that has not been specifically trained

Question 5

Behavior (Response) Maintenance

Answer 5

The trained behavior persists in the target situation(s) over time

Question 6

Stimulus Generalization =

Answer 6

Your behavior stays the same … but you can apply it to different stimuli

Question 7

Response Generalization =

Answer 7

Your behavior changes… whether the stimulus changes or not

Question 8

Maintenance =

Answer 8

The behavior endures over time and periods of non-behaving (i.e., not using the behavior)

Question 9

Programming Operant Stimulus
Generalization

Answer 9

Stimulus generalization: the PROCEDURE of reinforcing a response in the presence of a stimulus or situation, and the EFFECT of the response becoming more likely in the presence of another stimulus or situation

Question 10

4 Main Strategies for Programming Operant
Stimulus Generalization

Answer 10

1. Train in the Target Situation
2. Vary the Training Conditions
3. Program Common Stimuli
4. Train Sufficient Stimulus Exemplers

Question 11

Programming Operant
Response Generalization

Answer 11

Response generalization: the PROCEDURE of reinforcing a response in the presence of a stimulus or situation, and the EFFECT of another response becoming more probable in the presence of the same or similar stimuli or situations

Question 12

Response Generalization =

Answer 12

The person learns…
there is more than 1 way to do this behavior!

Question 13

3 Main Stretegies for Programming Operant
Response Generalization

Answer 13

1. Train Sufficient Response Exemplars
2. Vary the Acceptable Responses During Training
3. Use Hi-P Instruction Sequence

Question 14

Programming Operant Behavior Maintenance

Answer 14

Maintenance: the degree to which behavior change lasts over time; depends on whether the behavior will continue to be reinforced

Question 15

4 General Approaches for Programming Operant Behavior Maintenance

Answer 15

1. Behavioral Trapping:
   Behavioral Trap: a contingency in which a behavior that has been established by programmed reinforcers is “trapped” or maintained by natural reinforcers (e.g., teaching my niece to swear!)
2. Change the Behavior of People in the Natural Environment
3. Use intermittent Schedules of Reinforcement in the Target Situation
4. Give Control to the Individual