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Unit 1: Chapter 16 - ANSWER... question: When is a behavior change said to have generality? - ANSWERstimulus generalization response generalization behavior maintenance stimulus generalization: - ANSWERthe training behavior transfers form the training situation(s) to the target situation(s) (which is usually the natural environment) response generalization - ANSWERincreased probability of a response as a result of the reinforcement of another response: training leads to development of new behavior that has not been specifically trained behavior maintenance - ANSWERthe trained behavior persists in the target situation(s) over time Define stimulus generalization, and give an example. - ANSWERRefers 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. For example, a child sees a Ford on the street and points to it and says "car" and is reinforced for doing so. Later, they see a Honda and points to it and says "car" again. List four tactics for programming operant stimulus generalization. Give example of each. - ANSWER1. Train in the target situation. For example: practice speech in the same room that the presentation would be held, imagining the audience and conditions that would occur. 2. Vary the training conditions. for example: practicing golfing when it is cold, windy, hot, calm, noisy, increases the likelihood that will make more putts during a competition when one or more of these conditions are encountered 3. Program common stimuli. For Example: social and academic classroom behaviors were taught to children in a remedial classroom. Stimulus generalization to the regular academic classroom was ensured by using the same academic materials in both classrooms. Example two: developed a training package for teaching children with autism to seek help from store employees (the common stimuli) when lost in a retail store. During training, the children learned to seek help from employees in one or more actual retail stores. The help-seeking behavior generalized to employees in stores in which th