You will be able to identify if and how generalized behavior gains are evaluated in 4 single-subject experimental design (SSED) studies.
STEP 1: Review this basic definition and rationale
RATIONALE: A behavior change maybe said to have generality if it proves durable overtime, If it appears in a wide variety of possible environments, or if it spreads to avoid variety of related behaviors (Baer, Wolf, and Risley, 1968). That is, the most socially significant behavior changes last overtime, are used in all relevant settings and situations, and are accompanied by other functionally related responses (Cooper, Heron, and Heward, 2020) Thus, this exercise provides steps to evaluate the merit of SSED studies with regard to generalize behavior change across:
• Settings/ situations
• People
• Responses
• Time (also known as maintenance)
STEP 2: Watch this video on generalization answer the 5 questions that follow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG6amKEWYCQ
Question 1 : A socially valid measure of “mastery” is generalization across environments, that is, can the client ‘do it’ whenever and wherever in everyday life.
_____ TRUE
_____ FALSE
Question 2: Generalization automatically happens after we teach a new skill for everyone we work with:
_____ TRUE
_____ FALSE
QUESTION 3: The definition of ‘generalization’ is learning something in one environment and doing it in another:
_____ TRUE
_____ FALSE
Question 4: To evaluate generalized behavior change occurs, observe whether it occurs with(select all that apply):
_____ different people
_____ different settings
_____ the therapist that originally taught the skill
_____ the setting that the child originally mastered the skill
Step 3: Now, let’s practice!
STUDY: THE EFFECTS OF MULTIPLE-EXEMPLAR SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL TRAINING ON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ GENERALIZED CONVERSATIONAL INTERACTIONS https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1279810/pdf/jaba00004-0091.pdf
Provide a screenshot of the first graph in the study here (only analyze one graph for this exercise):
