GRADIENTS OF AUDITORY GENERALIZATION FOR BLIND, RETARDED CHILDREN

1 October 1963

journal article
research article
Published by Wiley in Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Vol. 6 (4) , 585-588
https://doi.org/10.1901/jeab.1963.6-585

Abstract

Severely retarded, blind children were conditioned to respond differentially to two intensities of a pure tone. Gradients of auditory generalization were obtained that were reliable and similar to those for normal adults, but often asymmetric and nonmonotonic.

Keywords

BLINDNESS
GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY)
HEARING
MENTAL RETARDATION
REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY)

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ON THE DISCRIMINATIVE CONTROL OF CONCURRENT RESPONSES: THE RELATIONS AMONG RESPONSE FREQUENCY, LATENCY, AND TOPOGRAPHY IN AUDITORY GENERALIZATION¹
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 1962