Verbal operants

Operant model

Behavior is reinforced through mediation of other people

Verbal operants

A group of responses that share a history of occurring under similar circumstances and resulting in simular consequences (ex. Mand, Echoic, Tact, ect...)

Mand

A verbal operant that specifies it's reinforcer in response to deprivation or aversive states (demand, command, request)

Echoic

Reproduces acoustic properties of another's verbal behavior (imitation, echo)

Tact

Corresponds to other's responses to events, people, objects, relationships (label, name)

Extended Tact

Occurs in response to stimuli other than the original stimulus due to stimulus generalization (over extention, similie, metaphore, idiom)

Intraverbal

Verbal behaviour influenced by the speakers own prior behavior (counting, reciting, adage)

Textual

Verbal behavior in response to print stimuli (reading)