Verbal Behavior and Communication Flashcards

A motivating operation (MO) affects verbal behavior by:

Answer: Altering the value of a reinforcer and the frequency of related mands

MOs (e.g., deprivation) increase the reinforcing value of a specific outcome and simultaneously increase the frequency of mands for that outcome.

Naming (or bidirectional naming) refers to the ability to:

Answer: Tact and receptively identify a stimulus after observing its name used by others without direct training

Bidirectional naming is a higher-order verbal capability where observational exposure to a name automatically establishes both speaker and listener repertoires.

Which type of verbal behavior describes writing a word when someone spells it aloud (letter by letter)?

Answer: Transcription

Transcription involves writing or typing in response to a spoken verbal stimulus, with point-to-point correspondence between the spoken and written forms.

Tact training that includes multiple exemplars across varied contexts is designed to promote:

Answer: Generalized tacting of the stimulus class across novel examples

Multiple exemplar training with varied stimuli promotes stimulus generalization so the tact extends to novel members of the same category.

Which verbal behavior concept explains why a child who has mastered tacts still struggles to answer 'what animal barks?'

Answer: Tacts and intraverbals are separate operant classes requiring independent training

Tacting (label when seeing) and intraverbal responding (answer a question with no object present) are distinct operants that do not automatically transfer without targeted training.

When a BCABA identifies that a client's problem behavior is maintained by attention, the communication-based replacement behavior taught via FCT should:

Answer: Provide the same social attention the problem behavior was accessing

FCT is function-based; the replacement communication must access the same maintaining reinforcer (attention) that previously maintained the problem behavior.