Episode 223 - Generality and Generalization

ABA Inside Track

Robert Parry-Cruwys

Behavioralscience, Education, Appliedbehavioranalysis, Autism, Social Sciences, Aba, Science, Specialeducation

4.6 • 623 Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2022

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

When you hear the term “generality”, you probably think of stimulus generalization. Or maybe it’s response generalization. Actually, “generality'“ doesn’t really mean either of those terms. Well, not exactly, though perhaps a little bit. But we’re missing the point. Which is improving our ability to develop meaningful treatments which support skill development across environments. And that’s generalization. Though it doesn’t quite capture the idea of generality. Look, it’ll make more sense after you listen to the episode on these similar—but not the same—terms.

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Articles discussed this episode:

Stokes, T.F. & Baer, D.M. (1977). An implicit technology of generalization. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 10, 349-367. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1977.10-349

Johnston, J.M. (1979). On the relation between genearlization and generality. The Behavior Analyst, 2, 1-6. doi: 10.1007/BF03391833

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0:00.0	Hey everybody. Welcome to ABA and Side Track, the podcast that's like reading in your car, but safer.
0:19.6	I'm your host, Robert Perry Cruise, and with me as always, coming in hot from a Halloween
0:24.9	party.
0:27.2	Actually, no, you're not coming in hot from a Halloween party guest one or co-host one.
0:31.5	I'm coming in hot from a good long sleep because I have a headache.
0:35.0	So this is Jackie.
0:37.0	Hi, it's Dana. I'm so glad we don't have a
0:39.7	guest on this episode, folks, on this podcast about behavior analysis and behavior analytic
0:43.8	research, because every week we pick a topic. We discuss relevant research. And of course,
0:49.5	talking about behavior analysis stops for no one, no matter what you're doing, you've got to drop it all.
0:58.7	Just like Skinner says, drop it all, learn, talk about it. And that is what we are going to do tonight on our episode where we are talking all about generalization, or perhaps we're talking
1:04.6	about generality, or maybe it's both. Dun, dun, dun, dun. It's a spooky treat for all of you.
1:12.9	We're recording this on All Hallows Eve Eve.
1:16.9	Even though it comes out at the end of November.
1:19.0	Even though you will be getting this post- Thanksgiving.
1:22.6	Bring it back to the chill wind of generalization.
1:27.6	Yes, so we will be talking all about the differences between generalization, generality,
1:32.6	why you might use different terms.
1:34.5	We're going to be talking about two articles related to the field and how that applies
1:39.5	to all of us as practitioners.
1:41.3	So, Diana, please, I think we've done everything for the, for our introduction.
1:45.5	I think so. Good. Then we should get started by talking about what two articles we will be discussing
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