Which teaching strategy promotes generalized behavior change by teaching to respond to a subset of all relevant stimulus and response examples, then assessing untrained examples?

• A. Time sampling
• B. Teaching loosely
• C. Teaching sufficient exemplars
• D. Temporal locus

Answer: (C)

Generalization of behavior is promoted by training with multiple exemplars across relevant stimuli and responses, so the learner learns to respond to a range of variations rather than a single instance. Teaching sufficient exemplars means exposing the learner to a representative subset of all possible stimuli and responses during instruction, and then assessing on untrained examples to see if the behavior transfers. This approach builds a flexible relation that applies to novel, untrained situations. Time sampling is an observation method and does not address generalization across untrained stimuli. Temporal locus deals with when reinforcement is delivered, not with broad generalization through varied exemplars.