final exam

Question 1

The _____ is a type of verbal operant in which a speaker asks for (or states, demand, implies, etc.) what he needs or wants.

Answer 1

mand

Question 2

The _____is a type of verbal operant in which a speaker names things and actions that the speaker has direct contact with through any of the sense modes.

Answer 2

tact

Question 3

There are three types of ____ relations: echoic, motor imitation and copying text.

Answer 3

duplic

Question 4

The ___ is a type of verbal operant that occurs when a speaker repeats the verbal behavior of another speaker.

Answer 4

echoic

Question 5

what are the two types of codic relations

Answer 5

textual
taking dictation

Question 6

The______ is a type of verbal operant in which a speaker differentially responds to the verbal behavior of others.

Answer 6

intraverbal

Question 7

a _____ episode requires a speaker and a listener.

Answer 7

verbal

Question 8

The formal properties of language involve the:
a)Cause of the verbal response
b)Topography of the verbal
response
c)Unseen forces of verbal
language
d)Language properties are not formal

Answer 8

B

Question 9

The functional properties of language involve:
a) Causes of the verbal response
b) Topography of the verbal response
c) Language properties do not have functional components.
d) Unobservable psychic antecedents.

Answer 9

A

Question 10

WHich statement is not a reason for the slow appreciation of Skinner’s work Verbal Behavior?
a) It was met with immediate challenges from the field of linguistics and psycholinguistics
b) Skinner not responding to Noam Chomsky’s negative review
c) Lack of research and data supporting his theory
d) Disinterest and negative reactions from the field of behavior analysis
e) All of these were reasons for the slow appreciation of Verbal Analysis

Answer 10

E

Question 11

A mand is a type of verbal operant in which a speaker:
a) Differentially responds to the verbal behavior of others
b) Asks for (or states, demands, implies, etc.) what he or she needs or wants
c) Repeats the verbal behavior of another speaker
d) Names things and actions that the speaker has direct contact with through any of the sense modes

Answer 11

B

Question 12

An intraverbal response is a type of verbal operant in which a speaker:
a) Differentially responds to the verbal behavior of others
b) Asks for (or states, demands, implies, etc.) what he needs or wants
c) Repeats the verbal behavior of another speaker
d) Names things and actions that the speaker has direct contact with through any of the sense modes

Answer 12

a

Question 13

A tact is a type of verbal operant in which a speaker:
a) Differentially responds to the verbal behavior of others
b) Asks for (or states, demands, implies, etc.) what he needs or wants
c) Repeats the verbal behavior of another speaker
d) Names things and actions that the speaker has direct contact with through any of the sense mode

Answer 13

d

Question 14

Public accompaniment occurs when:
a) A stimulus property that is only indirectly related to the tact relation avoids substandard verbal behavior
b) An observable stimulus accompanies a private stimulus
c) A stimulus that follows the behavior of interest decreases its rate of occurrence
d) Two people move together in sync

Answer 14

b

Question 15

The formal properties of language involve the
______ and ______ of a verbal response, whereas the functional properties of language involve the functions of the response.

Answer 15

topogrophy
structure

Question 16

A common misconception about Skinner’s analysis of verbal behavior is that he did not accept the formal classifications of language, such as grammar and structural linguistics, because his focus was on the
______ classifications.

Answer 16

functional

Question 17

Verbal behavior is reinforced through the mediation of another person’s behavior and can indirectly obtain the same reinforcement of a nonverbal behavior through the _____
.

Answer 17

nonverbal behavior

Question 18

Verbal behavior, in ABA, includes both
______ -verbal and nonvocal-verbal behavior.

Answer 18

vocal

Question 19

A _______ is the unit of analysis for verbal behavior and are identified by the operant’s functional relation between a type of responding and variables such as motivating variables, discriminative stimuli, and consequences.

Answer 19

verbal operant

Question 20

The _____ is where the response has point-to-point correspondence, but without formal similarity.

Answer 20

codic

Question 21

The _____ is where the response and the verbal stimulus have formal similarity and a history of generalized reinforcement.

Answer 21

duplic

Question 22

Textual and taking dictation are both types of
_____ relations.

Answer 22

codic

Question 23

Duplic relations have a history of
________ reinforcement.

Answer 23

generalized

Question 24

The ______ is under the control of specific reinforcement whereas the all other operants produce generalized conditioned reinforcer.

Answer 24

mand

Question 25

The echoic occurs when the speaker repeats the verbal behavior of another speaker with point-to-point correspondence and _______

Answer 25

formal similiarity

Question 26

Unlike the echoic, the
______ does not have point-to-point correspondence because the speaker differentially responds to another’s verbal behavior.

Answer 26

intraverbal

Question 27

The listener is the mediator of reinforcement for the speaker as well as the discriminative stimulus for the speaker’s _______

Answer 27

behavior

Question 28

A word that can evoke very different intraverbal responses from different people or during different times is likely under ____

Answer 28

divergent multiple control

Question 29

Verbal behavior that is controlled by multiple stimuli and is a blend of a tact and a mand is called an _____

Answer 29

impure tact

Question 30

An ______ is verbal behavior controlled by nonverbal stimuli that informs the listener of some of the nonverbal aspects of the primary verbal behavior or mands the speaker to react in some specific way.

Answer 30

autoclitic

Question 31

Verbal operant training involves bringing verbal responses under the ______ control of MOs or different types of stimuli.

Answer 31

functional