Verbal Behavior Flashcards
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According to Skinner's analysis, what distinguishes a mand from all other verbal operants?
Answer: It specifies its own reinforcer and is controlled by relevant MOs
The mand uniquely specifies its own reinforcer (e.g., 'cookie' produces a cookie) and is under the primary control of motivating operations.
A child who can label objects (tact) but cannot request them (mand) demonstrates that verbal operants are:
Answer: Functionally independent and require separate training
Skinner emphasized that verbal operants are functionally independent; skill in one operant class does not automatically produce skill in another.
Transcription involves which kind of correspondence between the verbal stimulus and response?
Answer: Point-to-point correspondence across different modes (auditory→written)
Transcription (e.g., taking dictation) has point-to-point correspondence between an auditory stimulus and a written response, but the modes differ.
A behavior analyst wants to increase the complexity of a learner's intraverbal repertoire. The MOST appropriate next step after mastering fill-in-the-blank responses is to teach:
Answer: Conversational question-answering with varied question forms
Progressing from fill-in-the-blank to answering varied conversational questions builds a more generative and flexible intraverbal repertoire.
In verbal behavior analysis, the term 'audience control' refers to:
Answer: The influence of the presence or characteristics of a listener on verbal behavior
Audience control describes how the presence, identity, or behavior of a listener functions as a discriminative stimulus that influences what a speaker says.
When a child says 'more' to request additional food AND also says 'more' to describe continued action in a video, 'more' is functioning as:
Answer: A mand in the first context and a tact in the second context
The same word can serve different verbal operant functions depending on the controlling variables: an MO controls the mand, a nonverbal stimulus controls the tact.
Which of the following BEST describes a 'duplic' verbal operant?
Answer: A verbal operant category including echoic, copying-a-text, and transcription where point-to-point correspondence exists
Duplic is the superordinate class of verbal operants (echoic, copying-a-text, transcription) that share point-to-point correspondence between stimulus and response.