the role of the listener in verbal behavior (4)
- provides antecedents and consequences
- related to ‘receptive’ language (listening/following directions)
- mediator
- nonverbal bx
verbal operants
functional units of language that make up an individuals verbal repertoire
each verbal operant…(2)
- has diff effects on the environment
- shares a common antecedent (SDs/MOs) and consequence
some types of verbal operants (4)
- echoic
- mand
- tact
- intraverbal
mand is under…
the antecedent control of a MO
examples of mands
-deprevation (hungry, thirsty, lack of access, etc.)
consequence of mand
specific reinforcer
Mand and verbal operant
Mand is the only verbal operant that directl benefits the speaker
tact is evoked
by a non-verbal stimulus
tact allows…
speaker to ID features of his/her environment
response for of tact
naming, labeling, describing
consequence of a tact
non-specific reinforcer
types of things one can tacts (5)
- objects
- actions
- features
- relationships
- function
teaching tacts (2)
- start w/reinforcers
- expand to everyday items
intraverbal is evoked by..
other verbal stimuli
consequence of intraverbal
non-specific reinforcer
if antecedent is an EO what type of verbal operant is it
mand
the person engaging in verbal behavior AKA the verbalizer
speaker
