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Generalization And Discrimination | |
File name | Generalization And Discrimination |
File Description | Different consequences may follow the same behavior in different situations. When we respond differently in those different situations, we have formed a discrimination between the situations. For instance, when you tell a ribald tale to friends at a party, but refrain from doing so at a church gathering, this is an example of discrimination. A past history of positive reinforcement in the first case and a past history of positive punishment in the second could clearly be responsible for this illustration of discriminative responding. Discrimination results when different situations occasion different responses based on the contingencies of reinforcement. Inappropriate stimulus generalization occurs when those different situations fail to produce discriminative operant responding. Generalization is not always inappropriate and occurs when you respond the same to two stimuli that are not identical. |
Category Name | Psychology |
Subject Name | General Psychology |
Module Name | Learning |
Micro Category Name | Stimulus-Generalization & discriminations |
Level | Bachleors |
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