Verbal Behavior Flashcards
Verbal Behavior
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
Formal Properties of Verbal Bx
The topography of the verbal response; i.e. form, structure
Examples: articulation, prosody, intonation, pitch, and emphasis
Functional Properties of Verbal Bx
The causes of the verbal response; i.e. Antecedents and consequences
Verbal Operant
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
Verbal Repertoire
A set of verbal operants emitted by a particular peson
Mand
an elementary verbal operant that is under the functional control of an MO and followed by specific reinforcement
Tact
an elementary verbal operant that consists of a non verbal SD that has PtPC and formal similarity with a verbal response
Echoic
an elementary verbal operant that consists of a verbal SD that has PtPC and formal similarity with the verbal response
Point-to-Point Correspondence
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
Formal Similarity
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
Intraverbal
a verbal operant that is controlled by verbal SD that evokes a verbal response and NO point-to-point correspondance
Textual Relation
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
Transcription Relation
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
Listener
someone who provides reinforcement for verbal bx. A listener may also serve as an audience evoking verbal bx
Speaker
someone who engages in verbal bx by emitting mands, tacts, intraverbals, autoclitics etc. also uses signs, gestures, codes, pictures etc
Elementary Verbal Operants
1.mand, 2.tact, 3.echoic, 4.intraverbal, 5.textual, 6.transcription
Elementary Verbal Operants
1.mand, 2.tact, 3.echoic, 4.intraverbal, 5.textual, 6.transcription
Audience
anyone who functions as an SD for evoking verbal behavior
Verbal Operants with PtPC
echoic, copying a text, imitation as it relates to sign language, transcription and textual
Verbal Operants with Formal Similarity
echoic, copying a text and imitation
Automatic Reinforcement
a type of conditioned R in which a response product has the R properties as a result of a specific conditioning history
Automatic Punishment
a type of conditioned P in which a response product has P properties as a result of a specific conditioning history
Generic Tact Extension
when a novel stimulus shares all the relevant or defining features of the original stimulus (e.g say car when see BMW and mazda)
Metaphorical Tact Extension
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)
Metonymical Tact Extension
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)
Solistic Tact Extension
when you tact an SD with the rong word, misuse of a word with a similar one
Public Accompaniment
when observable stimuli accompanies private stimuli (e.g. teach a child to say ‘ough’ when hitting on the table)
Collateral Responses
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’)
Common Properties
involve a type of generalization in which private stimuli share some of the features of public stimuli
Response Reduction
a type of generalization in which kinethestic stimuli arising from movement and positions acquire control over verbal responses
Convergent Multiple Control
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)
Divergent Multiple Control
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’)
Thematic Verbal Operants
mands, tacts and intraverbals involve different response topographies controlled by a common variable (response different to SD)
Formal Verbal Operants
echoic (imitation), textual and transcription, and involve control by a common variable w PtPC
Impure Tacts
occur when an MO shares control with a nonverbal stimulus
Autoclitic Relation
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
Primary Verbal Bx
the elementary verbal operants emitted by a speaker
Secondary Verbal Bx
involves verbal responses controlled by some aspect of the speaker’s own, ongoing verbal bx
Autoclitic Tact
informs the listener of some nonverbal aspect of the primary vocal operant and is therfore controlled by nonverbal stimuli
Autoclitic Mand
controlled by an MO and enjoins the listener to react in some specific way to the primary verbal operant
Mand Training
involves bringing responses under teh functional control of MO’s
Mand Training
involves bringing responses under the functional control of MO’s
Echoic Training
involves bringing verbal responses under the functional control of verbal discriminative stimuli that have PtPC and formal similarity with the response
Tact training
involves bringing verbal responses under the functional control of nonverbal discriminative stimuli
Intraverbal Training
involves bringing verbal responses under the functional control of verbal discriminative stimuli that lack PtPC with the response
