This paper describes the nature of stimulus and response generalization and identifies a number of tasks related to generalization that are commonly taught in early childhood programs. Substantial research has demonstrated that stimulus generalization does not occur automatically and it can often be achieved only as a result of special programing.…

This booklet discusses the importance to adolescents and adults with mental retardation of learning how to respond correctly to the many variations in home, work, and community activities in order to be successful in integrated settings. The difficulties individuals with mental retardation have in generalizing skills learned in one situation to a…