The Generalization of Mands

In the presence of the sound of a peer yelling (MO1) at the park (SD1), the mand “stop” produces the removal of the aversive sound. When the same sound of a peer yelling (MO1) at school (SD2)—a novel stimulus condition—evokes the mand “stop,” an instance of stimulus generalization of the mand has occurred. MO = motivating operation; SD = discriminative stimulus; Sr- = negative reinforce