Which term is described as the ability for effects to generalize across contexts and settings?

• A. Analytical
• B. Generalization
• C. Generality
• D. Determinism

Answer: (C)

Generality describes how broadly a behavior change extends beyond the training situation. It’s about the extent to which the effects occur across different contexts, settings, people, materials, and times. When we say the effects generalize across contexts and settings, we’re focusing on how wide the impact is, not just the process by which it spreads. That breadth is what we mean by generality.

For example, if a child learns to request breaks in therapy and then uses that skill at home and at school, the change has broad generality across settings. This helps distinguish generality from generalization, which is the process by which a behavior change comes to occur in new situations. The other terms aren’t about breadth of effect across contexts: analytical relates to functional analysis and data focus; determinism is about the philosophy of behavior being influenced by environmental factors.