Verbal Bx Flashcards

Mand

Type of verbal bx where a person makes a request

Tact

A type of verbal bx where a person labels or names an object, action, sound or event in the environment.

Echoic

A rype of verbal bx where a person repeats or “echoes” a vocal sounds, word, or phrase immediately after hearing someone else say it.

Textual

A verbal operant that involves reading writren words aloud.

Intraverbal

A type of verbal bx to someone else’s words without directly repeating them.

A learner signs “break” to escape a task

Example of mand

A child sees a dog and says “dog”

Example of tact

A friend says “six seven” so you say “six seven”

Example of echoic

Reading a sentence from a book out loud

Example of textual

Someone asks “what’s your name?” and you say “Olivia”

Example of intraverbal

Mutual Entailment

When learning a relation in one direction allows the individual to derive the reverse relation without dorect teaching

If a child learns “A is larger than B” and then derives “B is smaller than A”

Example of Mutual Entailment

Combinatorial Entailment

When two or more learned relations combine to allow the individual to derive a new relation without direct teaching

A child learns “ A is larger than B” and “B is larger than C” Then they dericce “A is larger than C”

Combinatorial Entailment Example

Transformation of Function

When the psychological function of a stimulus changes based on its relation to another stimulus.

A child learns that A is more valuable than B. B was already preferred, but now the child prefers A.

Transformation of Function Example

A person has not eaten all day and says “I want food” what is the MO?

UMO: food deprivation

A chuld learns thag their parents are usually present when fun activities occur. When they see the parent they say “play with me” What is the MO?

CMO-S: Parent’s presence

A child want to play with a toy but cannot open the contianer. The child says “open” what is the MO?

CMO-T: closed container

A persin hears a smoke alarm and says “turn it off” what is the MO?

CMO-R: aversive alarm stimulus