Observation of training room stimuli in determining stimulus control and transfer of training

<p>Ten developmentally disabled children participated in an assessment of stimulus control and transfer of training. Each subject was taught to perform a simple, nonverbal, imitative task in a training room, and transfer to a novel setting was assessed. During training, subjects were video-taped in order to determine how often each visual stimulus in the training room was looked at. After an initial transfer t est each subject participated in a test of the stimulus control acquired by visual stimuli from the training room. Utilizing two groups (N = 5 each), subjects received an additional transfer test in the novel setting while in the presence of a stimulus that had been either frequently or infrequently looked at during the training process. Subjects tested in the presence of a frequently-looked-at stimulus produced a greater number of correct responses during the transfer tests than subjects tested in the presence of an infrequently-looked-at stimulus. Individual data are also presented fer the subjects. The implications of these results are discussed.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (M.A.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Graduate Studies

Year dc:date.available

1977

Author dc:creator

• Lietzke, David Micheal

Contributors dc:contributor

• Martin T. Gipson

• Behavior modification
• Transfer of training
• Stimulus generalization
• Children with mental disabilities Behavior modification
• Education
• Social and Behavioral Sciences

Licence

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/1942

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:uop_etds-2941