Generalization and Maintenance Flashcards
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The Stokes and Baer (1977) article is foundational to generalization because it:
Answer: Identified eight strategies for promoting generalization and critiqued 'train and hope'
Stokes and Baer's 1977 paper outlined eight specific strategies for programming generalization and highlighted that generalization must be actively planned, not passively hoped for.
A student learns to greet three different teachers and then greets all adults in school. This BEST illustrates:
Answer: General case programming leading to generalization
General case programming involves training across enough exemplars to cover the full range of stimuli and responses in the natural environment, leading to broad generalization.
Booster sessions are used in maintenance programming to:
Answer: Briefly re-expose learners to training conditions when performance has declined
Booster sessions briefly reinstate training procedures when maintenance probes show a decline in performance, helping restore the skill without starting full training from the beginning.
Which of the following BEST demonstrates generalization across people?
Answer: A child who learned to request with one therapist now requests with parents and teachers
Generalization across people occurs when a trained behavior extends to new communication partners beyond those present during training.
Which of the following is a natural community of reinforcement that can help maintain a skill?
Answer: Peer attention and social interaction maintaining conversation skills in school
A natural community of reinforcement is a set of naturally occurring contingencies in the environment (like peer social reinforcement) that can sustain a skill independently of planned intervention.
Which procedure involves teaching the learner to perform the skill across all stimulus variations that exist in the natural environment?
Answer: General case programming
General case programming systematically samples the full range of teaching examples and non-examples from the natural universe of stimuli and responses to ensure broad generalization.