Verbal Behavior

Question 1

Verbal Behavior

Answer 1

Bx that is R thru the mediation of another person’s bx

Involves a social interaction btwn speakers and listeners, whereby speakers gain access to R and control their environment thru the bx of listeners

Question 2

Formal Properties of Verbal Bx

Answer 2

The topography of the verbal response; i.e. form, structure

Examples: articulation, prosody, intonation, pitch, and emphasis

Question 3

Functional Properties of Verbal Bx

Answer 3

The causes of the verbal response; i.e. Antecedents and consequences

Question 4

Verbal Operant

Answer 4

The unit of analysis of verbal behavior which is the functional relation between a type of responding and the same independent variables that control nonverbal behavior:

A.) motivating variables
B.) discriminative stimuli
C.) consequences

Question 5

Verbal Repertoire

Answer 5

A set of verbal operants emitted by a particular peson

Question 6

Mand

Answer 6

an elementary verbal operant that is under the functional control of an MO and followed by specific reinforcement

Question 7

Tact

Answer 7

an elementary verbal operant that consists of a non verbal SD that has PtPC and formal similarity with a verbal response

Question 8

Echoic

Answer 8

an elementary verbal operant that consists of a verbal SD that has PtPC and formal similarity with the verbal response

Question 9

Point-to-Point Correspondence

Answer 9

occurs between a stimulus and the evoked response when the beginning, middle and end of versbal stimulus matches the beginning, middle and end of the response

Question 10

Formal Similarity

Answer 10

it occurs when the controling antecedent stimulus and the response share the same mode (e.g. both are visual, auditory, tactile) and physically resemble each other

Question 11

Intraverbal

Answer 11

a verbal operant that is controlled by verbal SD that evokes a verbal response and NO point-to-point correspondance

Question 12

Textual Relation

Answer 12

an elementary verbal operant involving a response that is evoked by a verbal SD that has P-T-P correspondance but not formal similarity between that stimulus and the response

Question 13

Transcription Relation

Answer 13

an elementary verbal operant involving a spoken verbal stimulus that evokes a written, typed or finger-spelled response. There is p-t-p correspondance with the response product but no formal simialrity

Question 14

Listener

Answer 14

someone who provides reinforcement for verbal bx. A listener may also serve as an audience evoking verbal bx

Question 15

Speaker

Answer 15

someone who engages in verbal bx by emitting mands, tacts, intraverbals, autoclitics etc. also uses signs, gestures, codes, pictures etc

Question 16

Elementary Verbal Operants

Answer 16

1.mand, 2.tact, 3.echoic, 4.intraverbal, 5.textual, 6.transcription

Question 17

Elementary Verbal Operants

Answer 17

1.mand, 2.tact, 3.echoic, 4.intraverbal, 5.textual, 6.transcription

Question 18

Audience

Answer 18

anyone who functions as an SD for evoking verbal behavior

Question 19

Verbal Operants with PtPC

Answer 19

echoic, copying a text, imitation as it relates to sign language, transcription and textual

Question 20

Verbal Operants with Formal Similarity

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echoic, copying a text and imitation

Question 21

Automatic Reinforcement

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a type of conditioned R in which a response product has the R properties as a result of a specific conditioning history

Question 22

Automatic Punishment

Answer 22

a type of conditioned P in which a response product has P properties as a result of a specific conditioning history

Question 23

Generic Tact Extension

Answer 23

when a novel stimulus shares all the relevant or defining features of the original stimulus (e.g say car when see BMW and mazda)

Question 24

Metaphorical Tact Extension

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when a novel stimulus shares some but not all the relevant or features associated with the original stimulus (e.g two stimuli elicit similar responded behaviors)

Question 25

Metonymical Tact Extension

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a verbal response to novel SD that share none of the relevant features of the original stimulus configuration but some irrelevant but related feature has acquired stimulus control (e.g. saying car when showing a picture of garage)

Question 26

Solistic Tact Extension

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when you tact an SD with the rong word, misuse of a word with a similar one

Question 27

Public Accompaniment

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when observable stimuli accompanies private stimuli (e.g. teach a child to say ‘ough’ when hitting on the table)
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Question 28

Collateral Responses

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publicly observable behavior that occurred by a private stimuli (e.g one holding head and crying and teach him to say ‘I am in pain’)
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Question 29

Common Properties

Answer 29

involve a type of generalization in which private stimuli share some of the features of public stimuli

Question 30

Response Reduction

Answer 30

a type of generalization in which kinethestic stimuli arising from movement and positions acquire control over verbal responses

Question 31

Convergent Multiple Control

Answer 31

when a single verbal response is a function of more than one variable, eg different sources might control a response (MO, verbal SD, non verbal SD)

Question 32

Divergent Multiple Control

Answer 32

when one variable affects the strenght of many responses (e.g. seen a car and say car or ford or vehicle OR being hangry and say ‘I want to eat’ or lets go to the restaurant’)

Question 33

Thematic Verbal Operants

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mands, tacts and intraverbals involve different response topographies controlled by a common variable (response different to SD)
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Question 34

Formal Verbal Operants

Answer 34

echoic (imitation), textual and transcription, and involve control by a common variable w PtPC

Question 35

Impure Tacts

Answer 35

occur when an MO shares control with a nonverbal stimulus

Question 36

Autoclitic Relation

Answer 36

involves two related but separate three-term contingencies in which some aspect of the speakers own verbal bx functions as the SD or Mo for further speaker verbal bx

Question 37

Primary Verbal Bx

Answer 37

the elementary verbal operants emitted by a speaker

Question 38

Secondary Verbal Bx

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involves verbal responses controlled by some aspect of the speaker’s own, ongoing verbal bx

Question 39

Autoclitic Tact

Answer 39

informs the listener of some nonverbal aspect of the primary vocal operant and is therfore controlled by nonverbal stimuli

Question 40

Autoclitic Mand

Answer 40

controlled by an MO and enjoins the listener to react in some specific way to the primary verbal operant

Question 41

Mand Training

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involves bringing responses under teh functional control of MO’s

Question 42

Mand Training

Answer 42

involves bringing responses under the functional control of MO’s

Question 43

Echoic Training

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involves bringing verbal responses under the functional control of verbal discriminative stimuli that have PtPC and formal similarity with the response

Question 44

Tact training

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involves bringing verbal responses under the functional control of nonverbal discriminative stimuli

Question 45

Intraverbal Training

Answer 45

involves bringing verbal responses under the functional control of verbal discriminative stimuli that lack PtPC with the response