Verbal Behavior and Language Flashcards

Language that talks about one's own behavior or mental events is called:

Answer: Autoclitic behavior

Autoclitics are verbal operants that modify or qualify other verbal behavior, including statements about one's own verbal responses, confidence, or uncertainty.

What is 'tact extension'?

Answer: Applying a tact to a novel stimulus that shares properties with the trained stimulus

Tact extension (or generic tact extension) occurs when a learner tacts a novel stimulus because it shares physical properties with stimuli previously reinforced.

Which verbal operant involves reading printed text aloud?

Answer: Textual

A textual response is controlled by a written verbal antecedent (text) and involves saying the word(s) aloud, with point-to-point correspondence to the written stimulus.

In a natural language paradigm, reinforcement is delivered:

Answer: Directly and naturally related to the response (e.g., getting the named toy)

Natural language paradigms use direct, naturally related reinforcement — requesting a ball results in getting the ball — which increases motivation and promotes generalization.

A child fills in the missing word when a therapist sings a familiar song and pauses. This BEST demonstrates which verbal operant?

Answer: Intraverbal

Filling in a blank in a song is an intraverbal — the child's response is controlled by the therapist's verbal behavior without point-to-point correspondence.

Which of the following BEST describes functional communication training (FCT)?

Answer: Teaching a communicative response that serves the same function as problem behavior

FCT replaces problem behavior by teaching a functionally equivalent communicative response (e.g., teaching a child to ask for a break instead of eloping).