Have you ever learned something, only to forget what you learned later on? Or maybe you were able to apply what you learned to one area or in a setting, but you were unable to do it in another setting in which it would have been beneficial.
Behavior change and skill acquisition programs are designed to develop or increase the frequency of target behaviors. However, learning the techniques and engaging in a behavior now does not necessarily mean that the behavior will continue in the future. Similarly, engaging in a behavior in one setting does not mean that it will occur in other settings.
The process of continuing to exhibit a behavior over time is referred to as maintenance. The process of exhibiting the behavior across different settings is referred to as generalization. Research from the 1980s to today has continuously demonstrated that if you do not plan for your behaviors to be maintained and generalized, they are not likely to continue.
This week, you will explore techniques for maintaining behaviors over time and facilitating their generalization to other environments.
To Prepare
- Review the Learning Resources for this week including the required weekly media programs to gain an understanding of both generalization and maintenance. Note: It is critical for you to review all media for this week prior to completing this Discussion.
- Search the Internet and/or the Walden library to find examples of behavioral techniques that improve maintenance and generalization of academic behaviors.
- Consider your own experiences from when you were in school to see if you can identify factors that worked well for you in maintaining academic behaviors
Post a description of your own experiences from when you were in school to identify factors that worked well for you in maintaining academic behaviors.
Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the Learning Resources and identify current relevant literature to support your work.
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