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RESEARCH ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GENERALIZATION AND MAINTENANCE IN EXTRA‐THERAPY RESPONDING 1
Author(s) -
Koegel RobertL.,
Rincover Arnold
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of applied behavior analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1938-3703
pISSN - 0021-8855
DOI - 10.1901/jaba.1977.10-1
Subject(s) - generalization , psychology , reinforcement , psychotherapist , clinical psychology , social psychology , mathematics , mathematical analysis
Many authors have reported that the development of programs for producing durable extra‐therapy responding lags behind the development of programs for producing initial behavior change. In Experiment I, responding was recorded continuously in both the therapy and extra‐therapy settings. The results showed that one child did not generalize to the extra‐therapy setting, but that other children did. However, for the children who generalized, extra‐therapy responding was not maintained. Therefore, in Experiment II two variables affecting the durability of extra‐therapy responding were assessed and found to be influential: (a) the use of partial reinforcement schedules in the original treatment environment; and (b) the presence of noncontingent reinforcers in the extra‐therapy environment. The results suggest that there are two distinct parameters of extra‐therapy responding: generalization and maintenance. A technology for producing durable extra‐therapy responding is discussed in terms of different treatment procedures required for different deficits in extra‐therapy responding.